First video: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom appears in court

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Kim Dotcom (a.k.a. Kim Schmitz) appeared with Bram van der Kolk, Finn Batato and Mathias Ortman in North Shore District Court in relation to arrests made to Megaupload.com. They were arrested when 70 New Zealand police raided ten properties around Auckland.

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[Off-camera] You lot, you taking pictures? Alright, you've got ten seconds, take your photographs and stop.

I've been arrested on warrants relating to breach of copyright offences in the United States

Money laundering, and racketeering.

Within New Zealand, we have seized an excess of six million dollars worth

of top end motor vehicles, and over ten million dollars in cash from several New Zealand finance companies.