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Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

57 points by neverminder 10y ago

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arca_vorago 10y ago
I'm done with Kim, every time he starts talking about some new awesome thing he's planning, it just feels more and more like carefully crafted PR stunts, and on top of that every time I ask him on Twitter if he will consider making it FOSS he ignores the question. When are we going to realize RMS is and was right and what the world needs now is to protect user freedom?
- k__ 10y ago
  His whole life is a PR stunt. First he ripped off a bunch of people in Germany, when everyone knew that he is a fraud, he went abroad. Everyone here thought he was done for, but suddendly he comes back into the news... because he is hunted by the US for criminal activities.
  - lunchTime42 10y ago
    Needs a new planet. Elon Musk: Somebody stole my mars shuttle.. or hide in North Korea Kim Yong Nil and Kim Dot Com
  - tempodox 10y ago
    I see all those “file sharing services” as the same kind of windbaggery. What makes Kim stand out are the stunts the U.S. prosecutors pulled on him. I would consider it more effective to remove the artificial barriers that make regular people even consider piracy as an option. That would put all the Kim Dotcoms squarely out of business.
    - clarry 10y ago
      It sounds like you believe the overwhelming use of file sharing is illegitimate? Dropbox and google drive ought to go out of business too?
      - tempodox 10y ago
        Sorry for not being clear enough. I was talking about the MegaUpload kind of service. Instead of a long-winded definition, suffice it to say, “I know it when I see it”. (Edit: supplement:) There is one thing I can say definitely: If the measures I proposed above would put the services you mentioned out of business, they obviously ought to be, eventually. To be perfectly clear, this is a hypothetical.
- OlliBolli 10y ago
  Classic psychopath. He leaves a trail of destruction behind and is able to sweet talk everyone into achieving his goals. He is just doesnt know when to stop. Thats his problem.
jswny 10y ago
It seems like Dotcom these days just uses his position and his notoriety to push products that would otherwise not get much attention. He really tries to leverage his image as an "internet savior" who fights against the evil US government. I haven't been quite so impressed. I think he is just a regular business man more than anything.
- ebbv 10y ago
  > I think he is just a regular business man more than anything. This is exactly what he is. He's just a business man with a PR firm that makes sure his press releases get posted on reddit and HN. If you spend even 5 minutes researching his history you will quickly learn he is not an innovator, he's not a crusader for freedom and he's not a hero. He's just another greedy person chasing the dollar via the easiest routes he can find.
- mynewtb 10y ago
  Regular business men don't commit fraud.
  - malka 10y ago
    Citation needed.
    - deleted 10y ago
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  - nononosisisi 10y ago
    You mean like madoff?
    - k__ 10y ago
      lol, many business people probably wish they were evil geniuses like him. ;)
  - tomp 10y ago
    Only politicians do.
jagermo 10y ago
Obligatory Attrition charlatan warning: http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/ http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/
- junto 10y ago
  There is some history missing there. Namely his partnership with THAT lawyer to take down his fellow warez BBS dealers. And the AT&T calling card fraud. Both in the 90's.
Phil_Latio 10y ago
I'm still waiting for Trendax.
bobajeff 10y ago
Whatever happened to MegaNet?
- skrowl 10y ago
  I'm still waiting for the secure chat and email he told us about in 2012
OlliBolli 10y ago
|| Warning || I urge anyone reading this to please not work with this man. He is going to need someones assistance to achieve his goals and you will end up in jail or worse. No matter what he offers you, it will not be worth it.
Fej 10y ago
Why? He made Mega (and then left it, according to the article), which is better than the original in several ways. The name's nicer too, and has a wonderfully short URL. You'd think he'd just go back to the company, or start a different company that doesn't directly compete with one which he almost certainly partially owns. Edit: he says that NZ seized his shares in Mega. If that's true, it would make sense... but he doesn't have the Mega brand now.

57 points by neverminder 10y ago

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I'm done with Kim, every time he starts talking about some new awesome thing he's planning, it just feels more and more like carefully crafted PR stunts, and on top of that every time I ask him on Twitter if he will consider making it FOSS he ignores the question. When are we going to realize RMS is and was right and what the world needs now is to protect user freedom?

k__ 10y ago
His whole life is a PR stunt. First he ripped off a bunch of people in Germany, when everyone knew that he is a fraud, he went abroad. Everyone here thought he was done for, but suddendly he comes back into the news... because he is hunted by the US for criminal activities.
- lunchTime42 10y ago
  Needs a new planet. Elon Musk: Somebody stole my mars shuttle.. or hide in North Korea Kim Yong Nil and Kim Dot Com
- tempodox 10y ago
  I see all those “file sharing services” as the same kind of windbaggery. What makes Kim stand out are the stunts the U.S. prosecutors pulled on him. I would consider it more effective to remove the artificial barriers that make regular people even consider piracy as an option. That would put all the Kim Dotcoms squarely out of business.
  - clarry 10y ago
    It sounds like you believe the overwhelming use of file sharing is illegitimate? Dropbox and google drive ought to go out of business too?
    - tempodox 10y ago
      Sorry for not being clear enough. I was talking about the MegaUpload kind of service. Instead of a long-winded definition, suffice it to say, “I know it when I see it”. (Edit: supplement:) There is one thing I can say definitely: If the measures I proposed above would put the services you mentioned out of business, they obviously ought to be, eventually. To be perfectly clear, this is a hypothetical.
OlliBolli 10y ago
Classic psychopath. He leaves a trail of destruction behind and is able to sweet talk everyone into achieving his goals. He is just doesnt know when to stop. Thats his problem.

jswny 10y ago

It seems like Dotcom these days just uses his position and his notoriety to push products that would otherwise not get much attention. He really tries to leverage his image as an "internet savior" who fights against the evil US government. I haven't been quite so impressed. I think he is just a regular business man more than anything.

ebbv 10y ago
> I think he is just a regular business man more than anything. This is exactly what he is. He's just a business man with a PR firm that makes sure his press releases get posted on reddit and HN. If you spend even 5 minutes researching his history you will quickly learn he is not an innovator, he's not a crusader for freedom and he's not a hero. He's just another greedy person chasing the dollar via the easiest routes he can find.
mynewtb 10y ago
Regular business men don't commit fraud.
- malka 10y ago
  Citation needed.
  - deleted 10y ago
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- nononosisisi 10y ago
  You mean like madoff?
  - k__ 10y ago
    lol, many business people probably wish they were evil geniuses like him. ;)
- tomp 10y ago
  Only politicians do.

jagermo 10y ago

Obligatory Attrition charlatan warning: http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/ http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/

junto 10y ago
There is some history missing there. Namely his partnership with THAT lawyer to take down his fellow warez BBS dealers. And the AT&T calling card fraud. Both in the 90's.

Phil_Latio 10y ago

I'm still waiting for Trendax.

bobajeff 10y ago

Whatever happened to MegaNet?

skrowl 10y ago
I'm still waiting for the secure chat and email he told us about in 2012

OlliBolli 10y ago

|| Warning || I urge anyone reading this to please not work with this man. He is going to need someones assistance to achieve his goals and you will end up in jail or worse. No matter what he offers you, it will not be worth it.

Fej 10y ago

Why? He made Mega (and then left it, according to the article), which is better than the original in several ways. The name's nicer too, and has a wonderfully short URL. You'd think he'd just go back to the company, or start a different company that doesn't directly compete with one which he almost certainly partially owns. Edit: he says that NZ seized his shares in Mega. If that's true, it would make sense... but he doesn't have the Mega brand now.