A new court decision came out unfavorable for Dotcom

May 23, 2014 12:17 GMT  ·  By

Kim Dotcom has bad luck in court these days. The Internet mogul lost the case in which he was trying to force the FBI to keep whatever data it had on him a secret. The 200-page document can now be made public by the feds.

The case that was wrapped up today had in fact been filed to make the Record of Case public. The Auckland District Court rejected the application filed by Dotcom’s team to extend the suppression order placed on the document. The file includes sensitive information such as email and chat conversations suggesting that Megaupload knew that users were uploading copyrighted material to the platform.

Of course, this sounds a bit silly since there’s not a platform in the world that offers storage space and that doesn’t hold some kind of copyrighted material uploaded by users.

Ironically, Dotcom did not manage to gain access to documents against him held by the government, since his new request was also rejected. In fact, Dotcom had been trying to gain access to this trove of information since 2012, after the raid on his New Zealand mansion.

Last year in May, a judge ordered disclosure of all documents relating to the “Megaupload Conspiracy,” Radio NZ reports. Despite an appeal, the order remained. At the same time, however, an order forbidding publication was handed down in relation to the 200-page document.

However, a US court allowed the government to share the summary of evidence with copyright holders, something that didn’t really come as good news for Megaupload. In fact, record labels and the movie industry have already filed lawsuits against Megaupload, most likely based on the insight they received from the files that the FBI shared with them.

Dotcom has also been fighting several other lawsuits. In New Zealand, he’s trying to convince the court to let him gain access to his possessions, which were seized back in 2012. The list includes several cars and bank accounts with millions of dollars stashed away. A court actually decided in his favor on this matter a few months back, but the Crown decided to appeal the case at the last minute.

The mogul’s extradition is also being pondered on in New Zealand, which is added to the list.

The case of the raid on his house in New Zealand is quite controversial, considering the fact that the country’s prime minister admitted that Dotcom had been spied on illegally.