Megaupload Raid Warrant 'Invalid', New Zealand Judge Says

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Megaupload raid warrant 'invalid', New Zealand judge says

The search warrants used to raid the home of Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom were invalid, a New Zealand judge has ruled.

Action by the FBI to copy data and take it offshore to the US was also deemed unlawful.

"The warrants did not adequately describe the offences to which they related," High Court judge Justice Helen Winkelmann said.

Mr Dotcom was arrested, along with four others, in January.

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-18623043

-- BBC 2012-06-28

[Para]

I could easily understand and accept invalid warrants here in Thailand but both NZ and the US something not right and I guess it goes to show only the poor go to prison as the rich have the ability to 'buy' whatever resources are needed.....

[TommoPhysicist]

I could easily understand and accept invalid warrants here in Thailand but both NZ and the US something not right and I guess it goes to show only the poor go to prison as the rich have the ability to 'buy' whatever resources are needed.....

I thought he was held without bail ....... compensation?

[harrry]

Probably too much publicity for a white Gulfstream to depart New Zealand now.

[Somtamnication]

LOL. He won´t get his original hdds back. Fumble Bumble Incorporated already made more copies than what was on MU servers!