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Kim Dotcom explains why he leaked the partnership discussion with UMG

Heavily indebted serial entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has leaked a 32-minuterecording between himself and executives at Universal Music Group.

The discussion was over a potential deal between the major label and Dotcom’s Megakey, his system to monetise free music by replacing Google-generated ads with ones supplied by Mega.

Interestingly, the discussion took place on January 18 2012, two days before his mansion in Coatesville, Auckland was raided by 76 officers and two helicopters for allegedly conspiring to commit money laundering, racketeering, conspiring to commit copyright infringement and enabling online piracy.

Speaking to TMN this morning, the German-born, New Zealand-based businessman said the government recently gave him back the data which was seized following the 2012 raid.

“[…] After years of court battles to get ourclones back the government finally had no choice but to give us our data back,” Dotcom told TMN.

Earlier this year the US Governmentwon a civil forfeiture ca

Kim Dotcom

German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur

Kim Dotcom

Dotcom in 2014

Born

Kim Schmitz


(1974-01-21) 21 January 1974 (age 51)[1]

Kiel, West Germany

Nationality
Other namesKimble, Kim Tim Jim Vestor
CitizenshipNew Zealand
EducationMiddle school
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active2005–present
Known forFounder and CEO of Megaupload, Mega and K.im
Height2 m (6 ft 7 in)[2]
Political partyInternet Party (2014–2018)
Criminal chargesComputer fraud, data espionage, embezzlement
Criminal penaltyTwo-year suspended sentence, Five months served and twenty months suspended sentence
Spouses

Mona Verga

(m. 2009; div. 2014)​

Elizabeth Donnelly

(m. 2018)​
Children6
Websitekim.com

Kim Dotcom (néSchmitz;[3] born 21 January 1974), also known as Kimble[4] and Kim Tim Jim Vestor,[5] is a Finnish-German Internet en

They pulled into Kim's rented palace around dawn. His wife and children were long asleep in another wing. Kim walked to his upstairs chambers, showered and changed into his customary all-black sleeping costume, grabbed his customary chilled Fiji water from the upstairs fridge, and settled before the monitors of his work bed. Then he heard the noise.

A low, wavering bass, it seemed to be coming from outside. Kim couldn't tell—the cavernous stone labyrinth of rooms swallowed and scattered sound, and the thick velvet blackout curtains blocked out everything else. Kim guessed it was his helicopter. He didn't bother with details, he had a staff for that, but he did know that VIPs from the entertainment world were expected in from LA in celebration of his 38th birthday. Maybe they'd arrived early and Roy, his pilot, had been dispatched to meet them. A moment later the helicopter theory was confirmed by the sound of rocks from the limestone drive raining against the windows. Fucking Roy! He'd been told not to land too near—the thought was interrupted by a boom,

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