On Feb. 29, a New Zealand judge reminded the United States government that its power has limits. Washington is unlikely to heed the message. The issue before the Auckland High Court was whether Kim Dotcom (previously Kim Schmitz) should be given bail for house arrest and electronic monitoring pending his August extradition hearing. The US Justice Department, alleging that Dotcom’s Megaupload family of web sites constituted a criminal conspiracy to infringe copyrights, demanded that Dotcom be held in a Kiwi jail until formally transported to the States for trial.
Kim Dotcom and America's Debatable Hegemony
Kim Dotcom and America's Debatable Hegemony
Kim Dotcom and America's Debatable Hegemony
On Feb. 29, a New Zealand judge reminded the United States government that its power has limits. Washington is unlikely to heed the message. The issue before the Auckland High Court was whether Kim Dotcom (previously Kim Schmitz) should be given bail for house arrest and electronic monitoring pending his August extradition hearing. The US Justice Department, alleging that Dotcom’s Megaupload family of web sites constituted a criminal conspiracy to infringe copyrights, demanded that Dotcom be held in a Kiwi jail until formally transported to the States for trial.