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New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

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Re: New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

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This reminds me of a fantastic picture of Kim Dotcom: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/04/kim-dotcom-is-tot... It is over-the-top and ridiculous--just like Kim Dotcom.

And he actually owns a custom made "work-bed": https://thequickword.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/the-restaurant...

forget standing desks :-D

Re: New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

#113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So your argument is, a bunch of guys got away because of a shortcomings in the law, so we should let this guy get away too?

A bunch of guys in the US brought the economy to its knees, and walked away (do you need to extridate from New York City? Or can't you just drive down the street? I'll even hail the Uber for you). A guy in New Zealand who infringed copyright, and whom the US has zero jurisdiction over , has had more legal work put into his case. That's my argument. Complicated? I don't think so. I'm not fond of the gentleman, but the…

The US has jurisdiction because he rented servers in the US, and there's an extradition treaty.

Re: New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

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post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bunch of guys in the US brought the economy to its knees, and walked away (do you need to extridate from New York City? Or can't you just drive down the street? I'll even hail the Uber for you). A guy in New Zealand who infringed copyright, and whom the US has zero jurisdiction over , has had more legal work put into his case. That's my argument. Complicated? I don't think so. I'm not fond of the gentleman, but the…

The US has jurisdiction because he rented servers in the US, and there's an extradition treaty.

> and there's an extradition treaty.

Only for the crimes they've attached/stretched in order to extradite, because what sane country is going to let you extradite over copyright infringement?

Re: New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US

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post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US has jurisdiction because he rented servers in the US, and there's an extradition treaty.

> and there's an extradition treaty. Only for the crimes they've attached/stretched in order to extradite, because what sane country is going to let you extradite over copyright infringement?

You're going to need more citations to make a claim like that. Which specific part of the ruling do you disagree with on legal grounds, and cite the relevant laws/treaties/precedent etc.
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