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Judge Allows Kim Dotcom To Livestream Court Hearing (mashable.com) 72

Kim Dotcom has been granted the right to livestream his extradition appeal on YouTube. The appeal hearing began Monday, but will be livestreamed tomorrow because "the cameraman needs to set this up professionally and implement the judge's live streaming rules." tweets Kim Dotcom. Mashable reports: "The United States, which wants Dotcom extradited from New Zealand, is against the request. Dotcom says a livestream is the only way to ensure a fair hearing. The U.S. is seeking the extradition of Dotcom and other Megaupload co-founders in hopes of taking them to court in America on charges of money-laundering, racketeering and copyright infringement. The charges stem from the operation of file-sharing website Megaupload, founded by Dotcom in 2005 and once the 13th most popular website on the internet. Users could upload movies, music and other content to the site and share with others, a practice the U.S. considers copyright infringement. The website reportedly made around $175 million before the FBI took it down in 2012. The U.S. says Megaupload cost copyright holders around $500 million, though Dotcom says it's not his fault users chose to upload the shared copyrighted material. Dotcom was arrested in 2012 after police raided his home, but was released on bail. A judge ruled in favor of his extradition to the U.S. in 2015, though Dotcom said at the time the judge was not interested in a fair hearing." Dotcom plans to revive Megaupload on January 20, 2017, urging people to "buy bitcoin while cheap," since he claims the launch will send the bitcoin price soaring way above its current $575 value. Every file transfer taking place over Megaupload "will be linked to a tiny Bitcoin micro transaction," Dotcom posted on Twitter.
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Judge Allows Kim Dotcom To Livestream Court Hearing

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  • by Anonymous Coward

    So... I'm not going to pay the actual rights holder for the material... but I'm going to pay someone else? Not really following the logic here.

  • He didn't pay tribute to Hillary at The Clinton Foundation, otherwise he never would have had any problems.
    • by Anonymous Coward

      Dotcom couldn't ever have competed with the Clinton Hollywood fanbois who not only fling $$$'s ay Hill the shill, they give her cleb brown-noses for as long as she continues to show obeisance to aipac.
      Dotcom did do everything he could to stay legit - he spend a lot of resources instituting a comprehensive DMCA takedown protocol but the same old same olds, kept issuing blanket takedowns right across IP that they had no legal title to. Megaupload received thousands of complaints from IP owners, producers, an

  • justice demands (Score:4, Insightful)

    by jmcvetta ( 153563 ) on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @07:05AM (#52795191)

    Justice demands that all trials be live streamed. The kangaroo courts cannot be trusted. All their actions must be subject to monitoring by the people.

    • New Zealand, mate. Different continent - no kangaroos.

      • The kind of kangaroos I had in mind can be found throughout the United States, and are especially abundant in the eastern district of New York. No doubt New Zealand has their fair share of judicial marsupials as well.

    • by inking ( 2869053 )
      Rather all public trials. You really don't want to stream divorce trials to the whole world. Which currently non-public trials should be public though is a different question.
      • On one hand, I don't have any particular desire to see divorcing couples' dirty laundry spread all over the internet. But on the other hand, I've known a few too many people who were basically thrown under the bus by biased divorce courts. So I'm really not sure if keeping some trials secret is all that good an idea.

        • by inking ( 2869053 )
          Don't take it the wrong way, but "biased courts" in developed countries are usually synonymous with bitter losers. You can argue that the laws are biased—some of them are, but arguably justifiably so—in which case you should really be running a lobby to append them, but if you feel that the judge is the one who is not applying the law correctly, you always the have option to appeal. At a certain point, it is a question of whether the whole justice system across multiple courts consists exclusive
          • Hahaha - lobby to amend the badlaws. Sorry my brother, I don't have millions to spend on lawful bribes. And I have no family connections. So truly, no one in power gives a shit about my opinions.

            Fwiw, I personally have managed to stay clear of the infernal meat grinder that is the "justice" system. Thank the gods! But I've seen it at work, and it's appalling. I struggle to think of a single good thing to say about it. I suppose I can say it's taught me to distrust the juridical form in general as a fundame

            • by inking ( 2869053 )
              They are not bad law, they are laws you personally think are bad. This is generally a fairly common practice among individuals without legal training. Furthermore, the idea that lobbies are somehow restricted to the rich and powerful is rather absurd. You are more than welcome to donate to a number of foundations, whose exact purpose is representing your interests. If your opinion is popular enough, it will get traction. You should also watch fewer legal dramas.
              • I watch zero legal dramas. Ever. They make me physically sick to my stomach.

                Right - not bad laws - badlaws. No space, single word. Correct politics begins with correct language.

                If you think the political system in the States represents the interests of commoners, I do NOT want some of what you're smoking. That shit is too strong for me. I need to be able to walk home.

                If "legal training" is necessary to appreciate the value of the badlaws, that only reinforces my point about the anti-popular nature of the j

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