Megaupload Boss Pleads Innocence

Key
Question 1

a. True. “Kim Dotcom, aka Kim Schmitz, told a New Zealand court that authorities were doing their best to portray him as a dangerous criminal.”
b. True. “Kim Dotcom is a German national who now lives in a huge mansion amid sprawling grounds in New Zealand.”
c. False. “The Wikipedia website had earlier gone offline for 24 hours in protest at the proposed legislation, called the Stop Online Piracy Act, and the Protect Intellectual Property Act.”
d. False. “Police had to cut Dotcom out of a hidden room he had locked himself in. “

Question 2

a. He has been accused of copyright theft and money laundering. Dotcom has made it possible for people to download copyrighted films and music and has made a lot of money out of it.
b. They are discussing one law to prevent piracy on the net and another law to protect
intellectual property rights.


Question 3

a. content
b. proposed / to propose
c. confiscated / to confiscate

Question 4

a. Dotcom had to be cut out of a hidden room where ha had locked himself in by the police.
b. Paul Davidson said that Mr. Dotcom emphatically denied any wrongdoing . His client simply offered an online storage service.
c. If Dotcom didn’t abuse intellectual copyright, the authorities in the USA wouldn’t want to extradite him.