They also claimed he was a flight risk - but when Dotcom greeted the birth of his daughters Kylie and Keera 10 days ago, he took a dig at US authorities. "Guess what?" he said. "I'm still here."
Dotcom's lawyers argued the prospect of him starting the business up again was farcical. It was said there was no way Dotcom could get the massive file-sharing network going alone over an internet connection.
Dotcom's separation from the internet is the longest he has been offline for a decade.
