[laughter] emily: when and why did you change your name to kim dotcom? m: i bought the domain, kim.com. i thought it would be great if my name was kim dotcom, so if anyone wants to know anything about me, i do not have to hand them a business card or anything. they can just go to my website. it is all there. emily: take me back to the start of megaupload. kim: i was a street racer. and i always made great videos about that and shared that in the street racing community, on the forums. the file sizes kept getting bigger and bigger, and you could not send large files over email, so i wanted to solve that problem by creating a server where you can upload a file, get a unique link, and then e-mail the link to the people you know. it was just a convenient solution to a problem that is still relevant today. emily: how quickly did it grow? kim: instantly. it was massive. within weeks, we had to buy additional hardware, additional servers. no single penny was spent on advertising. the thing just got its own life. emily: at its peak, 50 million daily users? kim: y

kim dotcom is known for his outrageous personality as he has trotted the globe from germany, to hongzealand. now he is the target of the biggest copyright case in history, accused of trafficking in pirated music, movies, and tv shows, as he awaits an extradition hearing to decide his fate. joining me today on this special edition of "studio 1.0" from auckland, new zealand, megaupload founder and self-proclaimed ruler of t