"If the business model would be one where everyone has access to this content at the same time, you know, you wouldn’t have a piracy problem," Dotcom says. "So it’s really, in my opinion, the government of the United States protecting an outdated monopolist business model that doesn't work anymore in the age of the Internet and that’s what it all boils down to."

He adds, "I'm no piracy king. I offered online storage and bandwidth to users, and that's it."

After he was in cuffs, authorities confiscated his computers, documents and about 20 vehicles.

Because of the procedural snafu, on whether Dotcom's property should be returned to him. To make that happen, Dotcom's attorneys will have to prove authorities demonstrated a lack of good faith.