Editing Kim Dotcom (section)

=== Court of Appeal ===
On 5 July 2018, the [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand|New Zealand Court of Appeal]] upheld the High Court's decision that Dotcom and the three co-accused could be extradited to the United States. In particular, the Court, disagreeing with Justice Gilbert, found that, even during the time of Megaupload's operations, it was a criminal offence in New Zealand to possess digital copyrighted works with an intention to disseminate them. Accordingly, Dotcom and his co-accused could be extradited on the basis of copyright infringement to stand trial in the United States.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=Ortmann v United States of America|court=NZCA|opinion=233|date=5 July 2018|url=https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/ortmann-ors-v-united-states-of-americe-anor/@@images/fileDecision}}</ref> Dotcom's lawyer said that he would appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news|last1=Greenfield|first1=Charlotte|last2=Kihara|first2=Leika|date=4 July 2018|title=Kim Dotcom, Megaupload founder, can face U.S. extradition: New Zealand court|language=en-US|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-internet-dotcom/megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-can-be-extradited-to-u-s-new-zealand-court-idUSKBN1JU2WY|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705013117/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-internet-dotcom/megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-can-be-extradited-to-u-s-new-zealand-court-idUSKBN1JU2WY|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2019, Dotcom began "a final appeal to halt his extradition from New Zealand to the US".<ref>{{cite news|date=10 June 2019|title=Kim Dotcom in final bid to halt extradition|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48582958|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105065150/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48582958|archive-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>