Dotcom Search Warrants Ruled Illegal

New submitter StueyNZ writes "Justice Helen Winkelmann of New Zealand's High Court (non-appellate court) has ruled that the search warrants used to search and seize property from Kim Dotcom's Coatsville residence did not properly describe the offenses under which the search was being made. In particular, warrants did not make it clear that the breach of copyright law and money laundering offenses were U.S. federal offenses rather than NZ offenses. Therefore the search and seizure was illegal. I hope this means Mr. Dotcom gets his security footage back, which should shed some light on how many tourists from the FBI were present at the NZ police raid, and how many firearms those tourists were waving around as they joined in."

Comments

Re:Jurisdiction

[Anonymous Coward]

Jurisdiction died that fateful day when copyright pirates flew their torrents into the WTC. NEVER FORGET.

Re:It's no surprise..

[Captain Hook]

Have you see the weather at Other Location? The place is objectively terrible.

Hey, I live in the UK you insensitive clod.

Re:It's no surprise..

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure the US authorities are thinking, 'job done'.

I think you mean: 'Mission Accomplished!'