Big bucks and big brother
Kim Dotcom, whose internet business began in this city, says his fight against extradition to the United States is a struggle for freedom
They look as different as chalk and cheese but Kim Dotcom and Julian Assange are, in some ways, identical.
Both are also highly vocal about their self-worth, are media-savvy and are adept at winning public support.
And according to Dotcom, the founder of now-defunct file-sharing site Megaupload, the similarities he shares with the embattled Wikileaks founder do not stop there.
"In my opinion, we are both disruptors and innovators," Dotcom told the .
"We have both done good things for society and stand for internet freedom. We are both not evil nor criminal and we are both facing a powerful enemy trying to destroy us and our ideas."