Megaupload Founder Seeks Bail in N.Z. Court Hearing
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Megaupload.com’s founder reappeared in a New Zealand court today after the file-sharing website was shut by the U.S. government as part of an alleged $175 million copyright infringement conspiracy.
Kim Dotcom, 38, the website founder who legally changed his name from Kim Schmitz, and three other men are appearing in North Shore District Court in Albany, a suburb of Auckland, seeking bail, according to a court spokeswoman who declined to give her name per court policy. She said the hearing would probably go most of the day.