Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing live stream makes legal history but no drama
Technical hitches, legalese and tedium bedevil first live broadcast from a New Zealand court as Dotcom fights US extradition bid on online piracy charges
Kim Dotcom wins right to live stream extradition court hearing
US authorities opposed the move, but New Zealand judge rules live broadcast can start on Wednesday, as internet entrepreneur battles online piracy charges
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom seeks to retain millions in assets
US federal court rules the German tech entrepreneur could not recover his assets because he is ‘a fugitive’ – but he vows to fight on
December 2015
Kim Dotcom's Megaupload heyday is ancient history for the music industry
Kim Dotcom reacts to court extradition ruling: 'this is not the last word on the matter' – video
January 2015
Kim Dotcom launches end-to-end encrypted voice chat ‘Skype killer’
New MegaChat promises secure, encrypted and ‘private’ video chatting through a browser
October 2014
Kim Dotcom must reveal his wealth to Hollywood studios
Internet entrepreneur loses bid to keep assets secret from studios suing him in US for alleged copyright breaches
September 2014
New Zealand election: party over for Kim Dotcom as PM wins with landslide
The ultimate internet glossary: from 4chan to Zynga
August 2014
Kim Dotcom: from playboy entrepreneur to political firebrand
He was the founder of the Megaupload site. But when New Zealand police arrested him on charges of internet piracy, he began a remarkable fightback. By Carole Cadwalladr
April 2014
Kim Dotcom and Megaupload sued for copyright infringement by music labels
Kim Dotcom faces massive lawsuit by big-name Hollywood studios
March 2014
Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom launches own political party in New Zealand
Megaupload founder, battling extradition to the US, says his Internet party will contest general election in September
December 2013
Hotfile to pay Hollywood studios $80m damages in filesharing settlement
Online storage service must also shut down unless it adopts technology to filter out infringing films. By Stuart Dredge
October 2013
Kim Dotcom's Mega 'not being used for wide-scale copyright infringement'
CEO Vikram Kumar claims cloud storage service is appealing less to pirates and more to 'accountants, lawyers, financial advisers, architects…' By Stuart Dredge
September 2013
Kim Dotcom slammed as 'chubby Che Guevara' at music body the BPI's annual general meeting
Former Longpigs star and current co-CEO of Featured Artists Coalition Crispin Hunt calls for labels to reveal Megaupload mogul 'as the self-interested privateer that he is'. By Stuart Dredge
June 2013
Kim Dotcom lambasts 'largest data massacre in the history of the internet'
Hosting provider says it stored data for a year with 'nobody showing interest' before reprovisioning for other customers. By Stuart Dredge
May 2013
Security alert: notes from the frontline of the war in cyberspace
The battle for control of cyberspace is turning nasty, with young hackers, pirates and activists facing long prison sentences. Jon Ronson reports from the frontline
March 2013
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom closer to extradition following ruling
US does not have to hand over all its evidence against Dotcom and three colleagues, says appeals court in New Zealand
January 2013
Kim Dotcom: the internet cult hero spoiling for a fight with US authorities
German-born former hacker says his eyes have been opened to US tactics after his Megaupload site was shut down last year