Associates of Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom granted bail  

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A New Zealand cloister accepted bond on Thursday to two assembly of the architect of online file-sharing website Megaupload, accused of actuality complex in a arrangement that allegedly fabricated added than $175 actor from Internet piracy and actionable book sharing.Dutchman Bram van der Kolk, 29, and Finn Batato, a 38-year-old German, who were arrested aftermost Friday forth with Megaupload's founder, Kim Dotcom, were freed on bail. A accommodation on addition accused, Mathias Ortman, was put off until Friday awaiting added submissions on his bond application.A advocate for the men had argued their role in the aggregation was altered from that of Dotcom, and they did not accept abstruse sources of funds or assorted identities.The United States wants to abandon all four on accuse of Internet piracy, absorb infringement, racketeering and money laundering.Dotcom, 38, was banned bond on Wednesday because the adjudicator believed there was a cogent accident he could try to abscond New Zealand. He will reappear in cloister on Feb. 22. His advocate is advancing to address that decision, advancement that Dotcom does not accept the agency to leave the country.


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