News - 02/10/2015

Kim Dotcom’s extradition: the prosecution rests, now it’s time for the defence

Kim Dotcom’s extradition: the prosecution rests, now it’s time for the defence

The prosecution in the Kim Dotcom trial being held in New Zealand took two weeks to fully unfold its arguments supporting the extradition of the Megaupload founder to the US. Dotcom is accused of heading a criminal enterprise that purposefully enabled users to exchange copyrighted material, in order to drive traffic to the site and eventually millions of dollars in revenue.

The prosecution relied heavily on documents provided by the United States Department of Justice - which included emails and Skype messages from the Megaupload team - to prove its case.

Now Dotcom’s defence team has its chance to debunk the prosecution’s arguments, and its biggest asset appears to be the fact that Megaupload only facilitated piracy and therefore did not itself pirate content. However, the explicit nature of the documentation provided by the prosecution means that the defence has a difficult climb ahead.

The real problem for Dotcom is that the court only needs to find that there are grounds to justify a trial in order to grant extradition: expect more interesting twists as Dotcom's extensive legal team works to avoid what for the charismatic tech entrepreneur-turned-politician would be the worst possible outcome.

 

(Andrea Leonelli) 

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