While the extradition trial of Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, opened yesterday in Auckland, the applicant requested that the hearings be broadcast live on the Internet.
Kim Dotcom, real name Kim Schmitz, founder of Megaupload, wants the debate to examining the appeal of his extradition to the United States to be broadcast live on the Internet. Man, 41, arrested in New Zealand in 2012, is intended effect across the Atlantic for breach of copyright, money laundering, racketeering and fraud. He faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
The trial of Kim Dotcom live on the Internet?
At the opening of the examination of the appeal of his extradition, the facetious Kim Dotcom was acting up. It has in fact asked the High Court in Auckland that all debates are broadcast live on the Internet. "My lawyers are currently before the judges to defend the dissemination of all debates in streaming" he said on his Twitter account. He hopes to take the witness to users.
The United States would have opposed his request. "The United States defend the massive surveillance programs in the name of" if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, "but they are opposed to the live broadcast of my hearing" quips a tweet the founder of Megaupload. For its part, the judge, Gilbert Murray, asked their opinion before the media to make its decision.
$ 175 million profit
According to the FBI, the site of Kim Dotcom, closed in early 2012, would have earned $ 175 million, so that users would be exchanged copyrighted works worth a total of up to $ 550 million. 50 million users were connecting daily on Megaupload, he was the 13th most visited site in the world.
Last month Kim Dotcom Megaupload had announced that would make a comeback in 2017 in an improved version. "I'll be the first billionaire tech to be charged, having lost everything and create under judicial control another billionaire business" he had said.
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