--- description: The controversial internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom will livestream his appeal to avoid extradition from New Zealand to the U.S. title: Kim Dotcom to Livestream His Extradition Appeal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96586a3ed694b667/6988a42ccd1bba3ac3702232/rts22a7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Internet](/tag/internet/) ## Internet Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom to Livestream His Extradition Appeal by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 30, 2016 3:23 AM CUT  German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom attends a court hearing in Auckland on Sept. 21, 2015 German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom attends a court hearing in Auckland on Sept. 21, 2015Nigel Marple—Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 30, 2016 3:23 AM CUT The controversial Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom will [livestream his appeal ](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/dotcom-says-approval-granted-live-stream-extradition-appeal-225818067.html "undefined")to avoid extradition from New Zealand to the U.S., where he faces up to 20 years in prison on online-piracy charges. The German-born Dotcom describes himself as an “Internet freedom fighter” and is best known as the founder of Megaupload, the massively popular file-sharing platform that was shut down by the FBI in 2012\. Law-enforcement officials said that much of Megaupload’s content was pirated, and that the site cost copyright owners more than $500 million, Agence France-Presse reports. Dotcom, 41, was living in Auckland at the time, and was arrested by police there. Last December, a court in New Zealand said that there was an “overwhelming” case to be made for Dotcom’s extradition to the U.S. Dotcom is legally appealing the extradition. He announced on Tuesday on Twitter that the judge presiding over the case had allowed him to livestream the proceedings. In a series of tweets, he celebrated the decision as a marker of New Zealand’s respect for “transparent justice.” “I love the Internet,” he concluded. “This will be fun.” > [](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/770381502932668416) > [](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/770384265804587009) > [](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/770387305274019840) > [](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/770421694976569345) > [](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/770425259195379712) > [](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/770425429677133824) \[[_AFP_](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/dotcom-says-approval-granted-live-stream-extradition-appeal-225818067.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4471997/kim-dotcom-new-zealand-extradition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4471997/kim-dotcom-new-zealand-extradition/"},"headline":"Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom to Livestream His Extradition Appeal","datePublished":"2016-08-30T03:23:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:26.221Z","description":"Dotcom is currently in New Zealand and is wanted in the U.S. on piracy charges","url":"https://time.com/4471997/kim-dotcom-new-zealand-extradition/","keywords":["Internet","Tech","New Zealand"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96586a3ed694b667/6988a42ccd1bba3ac3702232/rts22a7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96586a3ed694b667/6988a42ccd1bba3ac3702232/rts22a7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom attends a court hearing in Auckland, New Zealand","caption":"German tech entrepreneur Kim Dotcom attends a court hearing in Auckland, New Zealand","creditText":"Nigel Marple—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/internet/","name":"Internet"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4471997/kim-dotcom-new-zealand-extradition/","name":"Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom to Livestream His Extradition Appeal"}}]}] ```