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Re:New Zealand Court Rules Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to U.S by tellarin on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:10AM (#13686042)
I agree that the US prison system has many human rights issues, but Kim's extradition was approved due to the fraud and racketeering charges, not due to the copyright infringement accusations.

No idea how it works if he's extradited and the US tries to prosecute him for the copyright infringement cases though.

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Re:New Zealand Court Rules Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to U.S by rndgermandude on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:06AM (#13686319)
"He [NZ Judge David Harvey] also confirmed that the charges in the indictment relating to money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud are not separate criminal acts but dependent on the claim of criminal secondary copyright infringement."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload_legal_case which links the actual legal documents

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Re:New Zealand Court Rules Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to U.S by shambolic on Monday February 20, 2017 @06:01AM (#13686291)
The fraud and racketeering charges are a sham, manufactured to work around the non-extraditable copyright infringement charges.
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Re:New Zealand Court Rules Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to U.S by Chathamization on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:17AM (#13687372)
It's worth pointing out that such charges can stem from a pretty wide variety of actions. Look at Aaron Schwartz - he had access to JSTOR and tried to download all the files there. So they block his IP, and he spoofed his ID and tried again. They charged him with wire fraud for this.
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