Megaupload's Dotcom extradition hearing postponed until March 2013
Delay is to allow pre-hearing arguments to run through courts
By Victoria Robinson | Computerworld New Zealand | Published: 15:00, 10 July 2012
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has had his extradition hearing postponed until March next year.
The hearing, which was due to take place on 6 August, has been pushed back until March 2013, a spokeswoman for his New Zealand lawyer Paul Davison said today.
The reason for the delay is to give time for pre-hearing arguments over disclosure to run their course through the courts.
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At Dotcom's last court appearance earlier this month, Davison argued his client was entitled to see the evidence US authorities had against him.
But Crown lawyers representing the US government said there was no need for Dotcom to see the information because he is not being tried in New Zealand.
Dotcom, the founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, is facing extradition to the US to answer copyright infringement charges.
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