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Dotcom Plots New Zealand Grab With Dance-Party Politics

From bloomberg.com

Kim Dotcom strides on stage at a Wellington nightclub, turning a late-night dance party into a political rally. “Are you ready for a re-vo-lu-tion!” the Internet tycoon, who faces extradition to the U.S. on piracy charges, booms to the 200 partygoers. “Don’t let your parents decide who rules this country.” The millionaire entrepreneur and convicted fraudster, whose Megaupload file-sharing site was shut down in 2012 after a police raid, is emerging as an unlikely power broker in New Zealand politics ahead of a Sept. 20 election. In a race that may be determined by just a few seats, Dotcom is exploiting a loophole in ... (full story)

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