Kim Dotcom Posts Screenshots of New Megaupload.com Successor

"Megaupload's Kim Dotcom Allowed To Seek Damages Against Spy Agency"

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...nst_spy_agency

"IDG News Service - New Zealand's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kim Dotcom and a Megaupload colleague can pursue damages against police and one of the country's spy services for illegally intercepting their communications.

In her judgment, Justice Helen Winkelmann also added the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) as a defendant in the case, ordering the agency to turn over some details of the agency's surveillance with respect to national security concerns. Another hearing is planned for next week.

New Zealand's government admitted it illegally spied on Dotcom and Bram van der Kolk prior to a January raid on Dotcom's mansion that coincided with the shutdown of their Megaupload file-sharing service.

Dotcom, van der Kolk and five others were indicted in January by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Virginia for running Megaupload, which prosecutors alleged rewarded users for trading files without permission of copyright holders, netting the site US$175 million in criminal proceeds.

Dotcom, who holds Finnish and German passports, and van der Kolk are permanent residents of New Zealand, which under the country's law means the GCSB is not allowed to intercept their communications. The GCSB's spying occurred between Dec. 16 and Jan. 20, the day Dotcom's mansion outside Auckland was raided.

According to Wednesday's judgment, Dotcom believes the surveillance may have started as early as November 2011. He is also seeking to find out whether the GCSB shared information with members of the Echelon/Five Eyes, a signal intelligence system run by the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

A representative for New Zealand's attorney general's office has argued that further disclosures "would compromise New Zealand's national security interests, as it would reveal information-sharing protocols and practices with intelligence allies," Winkelmann wrote.

She ruled that most of the information Dotcom and van der Kolk want is relevant, but it does not preclude the GCSB "from claiming public interest confidentiality."

A law enforcement agency, Organised and Financial Crime Agency New Zealand (OFCANZ), sought the assistance of the GCSB prior to the raid on Dotcom's mansion. Further complicating the case, Winkelmann ruled in June that the raid on Dotcom's mansion was illegal because it was based on overly broad search warrants.

In the U.S., Megaupload is trying to get part of its criminal case dismissed, arguing that its headquarters, located in Hong Kong, were not properly served with a criminal summons. U.S. federal criminal procedures dictate that a summons can only be served within the U.S."

when will he learn ?

mega.co.nz ... lol

Learn what?

He's winning!

Speaking of copyright infringement nice job on posting the entire article Marion!

You can be with or against him, but the guy is definitely a SHI-NIUS...

Piriod.co.nz

You can believe what you want. but he is not winning and will soon end up in some JAIL.
stealing content and making money off it isnt winning.

Pretty much every business he has ever been involved with has ended with him getting arrested. I don't see any reason this one won't end the same way.

That said, he still has his extradition to the US trial coming up. He may win that and avoid it, but he may lose it. If the US government wins that trial he is likely in deep shit.

True but you do need to learn to spell!

LOL!

guilty.co.nz

- Boy likes his McDonald's...

He is full of shit and with his 2048-bit encryption he will give governments the excuse to pass laws that will make illegal any kind of encryption, all in the name of national security, copyrights or cp shit just like the Tor exit node admin case. Goodbye privacy.

http://mega.co.nz/#/investors

get rich fast!

Might be time for Barack to set aside a drone or two for a big fat target in NZ

Kim DotCom is MEGA, that is for sure :D

honnestly i don't give a fuck

drugs have messed up his brain hard....

He's full of investors. Mega is "powered by Instra"... they're in Australia so AdultKing you can visit their office easily, to discuss

Whois:
admin_contact_name: Tony Lentino
admin_contact_address1: GPO BOX 988
admin_contact_city: Melbourne
admin_contact_province: Victoria
admin_contact_postalcode: 3001
admin_contact_country: AU (AUSTRALIA)
ns_name_01: nseu1.kim.com
ns_name_02: nseu2.kim.com

http://www.instra.com/en/about-us/our-company
http://www.linkedin.com/company/4362...pro_other_cmpy

Instra Corporation is a privately owned company based in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in 1997. Whois of domain is "Domain Directors Pty Ltd" at same "PO Box 988" of victoria.

Tony Lentino is a CEO of Instra in old press release, but with linkedin search, seems got a new CEO, and a "VP Legal & Policy" who sure thinks mega.co.nz will be legal:

Simons Chase CEO at Instra Corporation
Phillip Parker VP Legal & Policy at Instra Corporation

Famous soon, KimGangnamMega style.

Shut the fuck up, Sally.