DotCom loses latest court battle
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 12/24/2014 10:56 AM
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DotCom, the file sharing and self-described pauper, has lost his latest round of appeals in New Zealand courts.
He will need to cough up another NZ$35,000 ($26,900) that is owed to cover the New Zealand government's costs to defend warrants that were issued for searches of properties belonging to Dotcom.
DotCom was pursuing the argument that the warrants were illegal due to being too broad. However, NZ prosecutors countered that the warrants contained only "technical" defects and were therefore valid.
The appeals court sided with prosecutors. In their ruling, they stated: "We agree with the Court of Appeal that the appellants were reasonably able to understand what the warrants related to and that the police were adequately informed of what they should be looking for. Any issues relating to matters such as the way the search of the computers was conducted or the handling of irrelevant material should be addressed through other processes."
These days, Dotcom is out on bail pending the outcome of his various legal troubles, and while he is still living in his mansion, he has been expressly forbidden from tooling around in his helicopter.
He will need to cough up another NZ$35,000 ($26,900) that is owed to cover the New Zealand government's costs to defend warrants that were issued for searches of properties belonging to Dotcom.
DotCom was pursuing the argument that the warrants were illegal due to being too broad. However, NZ prosecutors countered that the warrants contained only "technical" defects and were therefore valid.
The appeals court sided with prosecutors. In their ruling, they stated: "We agree with the Court of Appeal that the appellants were reasonably able to understand what the warrants related to and that the police were adequately informed of what they should be looking for. Any issues relating to matters such as the way the search of the computers was conducted or the handling of irrelevant material should be addressed through other processes."
These days, Dotcom is out on bail pending the outcome of his various legal troubles, and while he is still living in his mansion, he has been expressly forbidden from tooling around in his helicopter.
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