Kim Dotcom loses latest appeal against US extradition Published duration 5 July 2018

image copyright AFP/Getty image caption Kim Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz, argues he is not responsible for content people shared on his site

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has lost his latest court battle against extradition from New Zealand to the US.

New Zealand's Court of Appeal upheld the decision that Mr Dotcom and three others can be extradited to stand trial for copyright infringement and fraud.

The charges are related to Mr Dotcom's now defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, which allowed millions of people to download digital content.

Mr Dotcom and his co-accused have consistently denied the US charges.

It is now up to New Zealand's Justice Minister Andrew Little to decide whether extradition should take place.

Mr Dotcom and his co-accused have one final legal option.

"We will seek review with the NZ Supreme Court," his lawyer Ira Rothken tweeted.

The US claims that Kim Dotcom, Mattias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato were involved in a worldwide criminal organisation that lost copyright holders more than an estimated $500m (£378m).

However, the four accused could be extradited on the fraud charges, the judge said in his 2017 ruling, as they are crimes in New Zealand.