Kim Dotcom given go ahead to livestream appeal

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Kim Dotcom has been given permission to livestream his appeal against extradition on Youtube.

The US wants to extradite Mr Dotcom and three other men - Bram Van der Kolk, Matthias Ortmann and Finn Batato - to face criminal charges of money-laundering and copyright breaches related to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload. A district court ruled last December that the men were eligible for extradition.

Prior to the appeal starting, Mr Dotcom's lawyer Ron Mansfield made an application to livestream the entire proceeding, under the in-court media guidelines.

The Crown opposed the application on behalf of the US. A livestream could pollute a potential jury pool in the United States if the men ended up standing trial there, Crown lawyer Christine Gordon said.

Justice Murray Gilbert granted the application, subject to agreement from Mr Dotcom and the other men that the case would only be livestreamed and any footage would be removed as soon as the six-week hearing was over.

Mr Dotcom's lawyers argued Megaupload was set up as a legitimate file-storing site, and there were a large number of people who were using it for that purpose.

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