<story><title>New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35166113</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Mandatum</author><text>The New Zealand government spent $5.8M NZD prosecuting a man for a law that holds a maximum fine of $150,000 in the country he&amp;#x27;s being prosecuted in.&lt;p&gt;Bollocks.</text></comment>
<story><title>New Zealand court rules Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35166113</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bediger4000</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve got to say that this looks like it was fixed to me. The judgement was predetermined at the behest of the US government and the MPAA, a commercial entity.&lt;p&gt;I confess that I&amp;#x27;m not well traveled, and that I&amp;#x27;ve never been to the Southern Hemisphere, but how independent is the NZ judiciary?</text></comment>