“Lawyers for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom accused the US government Wednesday of launching a flawed prosecution against their client with ‘frightening’ implications for all Internet users. The New Zealand-based Internet tycoon’s legal team released a ‘white paper’ to coincide with a visit to Auckland by US Attorney General Eric Holder, which argues that online piracy allegations against Dotcom are baseless. The 38-page document says that while copyright issues are normally treated as a civil matter, US prosecutors are trying to use anti-racketeering criminal statutes normally used against gangsters to press their case.”
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
Officer Shoots a Fleeing, Handcuffed Suspect
Goldman Set Out to Automate IPOs and It Has Come Far, Really Fast
Venezuela inmates open jailhouse nightclub
Why Do Americans Stay When Their Town Has No Future?
Bernanke says Fed stimulus benefits clear, budget cuts a risk
Military judge orders government to stop censoring 9/11 hearings
‘Find a safe haven,’ father tells Snowden in Russia
Seymour Hersh on bin Laden death: ‘One big lie, not one word of it is true’
World's costliest auctioned car 'in Swiss hands'
Spain's Corruption Capital: Trial Highlights Extent of Building Boom Sleaze
Plainclothes deputy in unmarked car pulls gun; 5 officers attack and tase brothers
Taxpayers Sue IRS For Illegal Account Access In Data Breach
Iranian-Canadians fume as TD closes accounts
E-cigarettes packed with marijuana oil set to boom in Colorado
Michael Hastings Crash Investigation Heats Up; Police and Fire Told Not To Comment