He's not an idiot. But he didn't think through his OPSEC. I mean, thumbing his nose at the US entertainment industry, and choosing to live in one of the Five Eyes Seriously
Kim Dotcom Is Almost Entirely Out of Chances to Avoid Being Extradited to the US July 5, 2018 https://gizmodo.com/kim-dotcom-is-almost-entirely-out-of-chances-to-avoid-b-1827352067
Damn. And I worry that he's doomed. Somewhere in the Middle East or Southeast Asia would have been a wiser choice.
It will create a very interesting precedent. Civil and criminal are very different processes. In Australia we won the war with a finding against applications to ISPs to provide details on people conducting illegal downloads. So now it is legislated for ISPs to block torrenting sites; which is easy to bypass as simply as using Google DNS settings. Back to NZ, these things are usually civil, but a higher court will decide if the elements are satisfied for criminal fraud. It is unlikely…
New Zealand economy is stable and regulated with a tax system more advantadgeous than other western countries.
Oh. But doesn't help when you're locked up The safest bet for Kim Dotcom, given his business, would have been staying well hidden. But hey, just my $0.02 as a hobbyist
Kim Dotcom Begins Final Supreme Court Battle to Avoid US Extradition June 10, 2019 https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom...-court-battle-to-avoid-us-extradition-190610/