KIM DOTCOM

Internet entrepreneur granted wish to livestream his bid to avoid extradition to the US 1 Attempts by the US to block the live-streaming request were rejected by judge Murray Gilbert in the Auckland high court 2 Lawyers for the US, where Dotcom is wanted on online piracy charges, argued live-streaming could pollute a potential jury pool if the founder of the Megaupload file-sharing service ended up on trial in the US 3 But, Gilbert ruled it could go ahead under strict conditions. The live-stream must be delayed by 20 minutes, to allow the court time to prevent any restricted material from being published, he ruled.