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Kim Dotcom: MPAA Has Corrupted the U.S. Government

On Monday we reported that the MPAA and the RIAA recommended to Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel that the United States government do more to combat online piracy like...

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NZ Judge Rules U.S. Government Must Show Evidence in Megaupload Case

If the U.S. government thought they were going to skate right through the New Zealand Courts to bring Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to America to face charges, they might have figured out that there...

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Kim Dotcom Brags About 'New Megaupload'

In a series of recent tweets, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom announced details on the API for the new Megaupload, which he hinted at in July. Dotcom said earlier in the month that a new Megaupload site...

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Kim Dotcom Secures $4.83 Million from NZ Court for Legal Fees and Expenses

At the beginning of this year as law enforcement agencies in New Zealand, the U.S., and Hong Kong worked together to shut down Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's file-sharing empire, it seized just about...

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New Zealand's Fight Over 'Three-Strikes' Costs

While the three-strikes-rule may be considered a good idea by most rightsholders, ISP's say that they end up paying the lion's share of the costs associated with such systems. According to this...

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New Zealand PM Launches Investigation into Illegal Surveillance of Megaupload...

On Monday New Zealand prime minister John Key revealed that he has ordered an investigation into what he calls "unlawful interception of certain individuals by the Government Communications Security...

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Megaupload Founder: U.S. Government Spied on Me Illegally Through Global Spy...

Two weeks ago New Zealand’s Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security revealed that the government had illegally spied on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. Specifically he said in his report that the...

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Kim Dotcom Launches Teaser Site for 'Mega'

Megaupload co-founder Kim Dotcom has launched a teaser site for "Mega" at Me.ga. Dotcom says that the placeholder site is already getting millions of hits despite offering very little to visitors...

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New Zealand Court Orders Return of Evidence to Kim Dotcom in Megaupload Case

A New Zealand Court has ruled that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is entitled to all the evidence that was seized illegally (according to a NZ court ruling) in early 2012. The FBI and the Department of...

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Man Goes From House Arrest to Jail After Getting Tired of Playing Xbox Games

A 19-year-old man has asked police to lock him up for the remainder of his sentence in jail because he is tired of playing Xbox 360 games under house arrest. While the 19-year-old man in Whangarei, New...

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New Zealand Bans Software Patents

Software developers and patent trolls take note: the New Zealand government has passed a law that essentially makes the practice of patenting software illegal and unenforceable in the region. The law,...

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Megaupload Founder Sues New Zealand Government for $7 Million

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (and others related to the Megaupload case) has filed a lawsuit against the New Zealand government over its illegal spying activities against him and the subsequent raid...

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Kickstarter Launching in Australia and New Zealand in November

Crowd funding service Kickstarter will soon be available in Australia and New Zealand, allowing projects of all shapes and sizes to pitch to the public at large. Kickstarter will officially launch in...

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New Zealand Supreme Court Rules Against Megaupload Founder

The U.S. government does not have to disclose the evidence it will use against Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom prior to extraditing him to the United States, the New Zealand Supreme Court has ruled. In a...

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Kim Dotcom's Appeal of 2012 Raid Goes to NZ Supreme Court

Lawyers for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom are taking their appeal of a decision on the 2012 raid of his mansion that led to the file-sharing site owner's property being seized. Yesterday the Supreme...

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Megaupload Founder Ordered to Turn Over Personal Financial Information to...

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has to share his personal financial information with Hollywood, according to a ruling by the New Zealand High Court. While Hollywood (or rather, those in Hollywood suing...

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New Zealand's Rating Board Head Not Happy With Companies Avoiding Classification

New Zealand's chief censor in charge of rating games is not happy with some game developers and publishers who are skirting the classifications process in the country by launching them digitally,...

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Netflix Coming to Australia and New Zealand in Q1 2015

The BBC reports that Netflix will expand its reach to Australia and New Zealand in March of 2015. The company said that it will expand to these new regions in the first quarter of next year and will...

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Kim Dotcom Wins Against U.S Government in Bail Violation Hearing

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has managed to fend off an attempt by the U.S. government to put him back in jail in his home country of New Zealand for allegedly violating the terms of his bail.Last...

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'Day Z' creator returns home to launch his own studio

Day Z creator Dean Hall has returned home to New Zealand and launched his own studio called RocketWerkz. Hall revealed earlier in the year that he planned to do this after doing a bunch of work on...

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