This week, New Zealand's Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced that Kim Dotcom would be extradited to the U.S., capping a 12-year legal battle against copyright infringement charges.
Prosecutors claim Megaupload generated over $175 million from users who illegally downloaded copyrighted material, arguing Dotcom and his colleagues operated a significant criminal enterprise.
In a dramatic turn of events for Dotcom, lawyers contended it was actually the site users who chose to pirate content, not the founders, framing the dispute in complex legal nuances.
The saga, which began with Dotcom's arrest in 2012 during a police raid, has seen different Justice Ministers abstaining from providing a decision until Goldsmith's recent announcement.
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