Kim Dotcom's Assets Seizure Order Ruled "Null and Void"

thomst writes "Cnet's Greg Sandoval reports that New Zealand police filed for the wrong kind of restraining order--the kind that didn't allow for DotCom to have a court hearing prior to the seizure — and that was a mistake, according to a report in the New Zealand Herald. A court has now ruled that the restraining order that enabled police to seize his assets is 'null and void,' and a review of the mistakes made will soon be conducted by New Zealand's attorney general, according to the Herald. The paper noted that there's no guarantee that DotCom will prevail. His lawyers must prove the absence of good faith when the procedural error was made."

He chose a wrong name

[Hentes]

If he named himself Kim Dotnz the Americans wouldn't have any jurisdiction over him.

Dammit!

[ThatsNotPudding]

Why do bad things happen to police states?

Re:He chose a wrong name

[Dogtanian]

If he named himself Kim Dotnz the Americans wouldn't have any jurisdiction over him.

Technically, being called Kim Dotcom doesn't in itself give the Americans any jurisdiction over him, just his canonical name. In fact, you can still refer to him as "Mr 88.191.78.39".

Anyway, as .nz domains all appear to be split into second level categories, he'd have to be "Kim Dotcodotnz" or "Kim Dotgeekdotnz" (that second one showing that the Americans aren't the only one coming up with stupid domain categories).