Paul
Davison QC today argued at the Supreme Court in Wellington that more
documents were needed than just the cloned documents which were seized
during a police raid on Dotcom's Coatesville mansion, including
documents the prosecution believes are relevant to the case.
Dotcom’s legal team wants access to all information the United States government has against him.
Mr
Davison says cloned copied of documents would provide access to the
information, but would not meet Dotcom’s request for full discovery
based on the volume of material.
Information
that has been highlighted as important by the prosecution would be more
valuable "so [Dotcom] doesn’t have to sift through everything to say
'they must be thinking this [document] is significant'", he says.
"The nature of the case shouldn’t dictate disclosure."
It is not a burden for the prosecution to supply the documents because the vast majority of them are digital, he says.
"Push
a button. It’s nothing seriously much more than that. The idea that
it’s onerous or burdensome doesn’t have much weight to it."
The
Supreme Court appeal was made earlier this year after the Court of
Appeal dismissed a District Court order - upheld by the High Court -
that the US government must disclose the evidence it had against Dotcom
and his co-accused.
The Court of Appeal found
District Court Judge David Harvey’s decision was made wrongly and
decided full disclosure was not required.
Dotcom
and his three co-accused, Mathias Ortmann, Fin Batato and Bram Van der
Kolk, are facing copyright infringement, money laundering and
racketeering charges in the US over the Megaupload file-sharing site.
The hearing continues.
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Online Reporter
Tuesday 30 Jul 2013 12:10p.m.
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