US appeal dismissed in Dotcom case

[Archean]

US appeal dismissed in Dotcom case
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/16/chapter_eleventy_one_in_the_dotcom_case/
New Zealand judge upholds disclosure order
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/16/chapter_eleventy_one_in_the_dotcom_case/
The USA has suffered another rebuff in its attempts to extradite Kim Dotcom, with Judge Winkelmann of the High Court of New Zealand upholding a previous disclosure order made by Judge David Harvey. The previous order had required the FBI to disclose an extensive amount of documentation to support its application for Dotcom’s extradition. As noted by NZ’s LawGeekNZ blog, the disclosure would cover communications between US authorities and the MPAA and RIAA on behalf of copyright owners.

“Without disclosure,” the judge wrote, Dotcom “will be significantly constrained in his or her ability to participate in the hearing, and the requesting state will have a significant advantage in terms of access to information”. It was that advantage that the “G-Men” sought, and failed, to preserve.

ATM I don't see FBI disclosing anything in this regard, so in essence, this case may eventually go nowhere.

 

[bobcat]

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the feds don’t really have a case against Dotcom but are just trying to make life difficult for him and scare other file hosts and sites into complying with music and movie industry demands. To achieve this, they’ll try to make the case drag on and cost him as much as possible in legal fees. This is how the “justice system” likes to work.

All this has made him a kind of local hero in NZ.

In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls. (Lenny Bruce)

 

[ANTIjailbreak]

thats the thing they said the fbi has to disclose the evidence they have against kim dotcom but the fbi dont want to. well to bad your going to. I wish the best for kim dotcom.

 

[CMH]

I don't know what I hate more:
People who PROFIT from piracy; or
MPAA/RIAA/etc.

I also wish the best for Kim Dotcom.