lengthy legal battle over criminal copyright charges could lead to his extradition to the u.s. . the six year legal saga is widely seen as a test for how file the united states can reach globally to apply american firms intellectual property rights new zealand's court of appeal on thursday held the decision of two lower courts that dot com and three of his colleagues are eligible for surrender on charges related to the now defunct file sharing website mega upload in a statement the court said the appeal was declined because the us government had presented sufficient evidence to warrant extradition. the possibilities. we've. seen. since two thousand and twelve the u.s. has been seeking dot coms extradition on thirteen counts including conspiracy to commit racketeering copyright infringement money laundering and wire fraud it