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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has lost a bid in the New Zealand Court of Appeal to have a ruling, that found he could be extradited to the United States, dropped.

Kiwi based Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom may have his menagerie of expensive cars returned to him. A New Zealand court has declined a request to extend a restraining order under which the assets were seized.

And then there were four. While the names Manning, Assange and Snowden are raising hackles in political power circles, Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is having the same effect among the corporate elites.

Controversial German-born Kim Dotcom, New Zealand resident and founder of the banned Megaupload, has launched a new version of the file sharing site.

A last-minute stay-of-execution means users' files on Megaupload are safe for the moment; they just can't be accessed.

A news report says Kevin Bermeister, of Kazaa fame, thinks major network equipment providers could easily use a 'global file registry filter' to 'reduce piracy' - but surely censorship could easily rear its even uglier head?

Megaupload, rated by some as the 13th most visited site on the Internet was taken down late last week by the FBI under accusation of copyright infringement, however many other rights have been infringed by their actions.