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KIM DOTCOM

The man behind Megaupload.com

Kim Dotcom is the founder of the file-sharing websiteMegaupload.com. Kim claims it’s a place where you canupload, download and exchange information and files. But the FBI says that Kim is responsible for massive amounts ofpiracy because millions of people have been using Megaupload.com toswap copyrighted movies, music and games. In January 2012, he was arrested at his New Zealand mansion and Megaupload.com wasshut down. Since then, he has been fighting extradition to the USto stand trial. He could go to jail for 60 years.

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