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28 March 2018Copyright

Victory for Megaupload founder at New Zealand tribunal

Megaupload founder  Kim Dotcom has persuaded a tribunal in New Zealand that Chris Finlayson broke the law by refusing to provide Dotcom with all the information held about him.

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