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Me.ga Hackers: We’re Real Pirates and We’ll Sell Dotcom’s Domain To Universal

48 points by Garbage 14y ago

digitalengineer 14y ago
Can't really believe Kim Dotcom didn't think this would happen. 3rd world governments can be easily pressured (think about the Pirate Bay founder in Cambodia). I think he knew and used the url as a showcase. They took the bait. The service wasn't even up and it was banned.
- duiker101 14y ago
  Apparently he did, they have already another domain ready.
- mtgx 14y ago
  One phone call from Obama and it's done. He should've used an .is or maybe even an .eu domain.
- pygy_ 14y ago
  The governments of ex french colonies in Africa are corrupt to the bone. A handful French corporations own and rule the place (Bolloré, Bouygues, and others). For example, 70% of the economy in Ivory Coast is owned by private French companies. Bolloré basically owns the seaport, which was partially controlled by the state under Gbagbo. Martin Bouygues was the witness of Ouatara for his wedding... You get the idea. The same goes for most if not all of West Africa.
SeanDav 14y ago
Already moot as me.ga is going to be blocked by Gabon's government.
aw3c2 14y ago
Already covered at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752023 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752023
denzil_correa 14y ago
I don't know, I still think Kim has some tricsk up his sleeve.
bobsy 14y ago
I don't understand how hackers who appear to be so stupid manage to steal a domain. No public corporation would purchase a stolen domain name. No one would pay millions of dollars to cause a minor inconvenience to Kim Dotcom. Universal buy the domain name for a million dollars. Kim Dotcom launches service on his second choice domain name. Service is still running. Service is still popular. Universal is out a million dollars. Its ridiculous. There was the news about anonymous and Zynga.. seriously? "Hackers" have become super silly recently. Starting to think they are all a bunch of 12 year olds having a giggle.
- pygy_ 14y ago
  Maturity and technical chops are not always correlated.
- dasil003 14y ago
  It's just grandstanding. But they fall flat on their face with "not 1% but 10%" donated to charity. It should have been 100% if they wanted to lay some credible claim to a moral high ground.
fmax30 14y ago
I would not be surprised if the Dotcom planned this all in advance. Just either to humiliate UMG if it buys the domain (highly unlikely) or just to be in the news (He seems to be trying too hard, by making faux promises)
readme 14y ago
man, you're on HN. please don't call script kiddies 'hackers'

48 points by Garbage 14y ago

Can't really believe Kim Dotcom didn't think this would happen. 3rd world governments can be easily pressured (think about the Pirate Bay founder in Cambodia). I think he knew and used the url as a showcase. They took the bait. The service wasn't even up and it was banned.

duiker101 14y ago
Apparently he did, they have already another domain ready.
mtgx 14y ago
One phone call from Obama and it's done. He should've used an .is or maybe even an .eu domain.
pygy_ 14y ago
The governments of ex french colonies in Africa are corrupt to the bone. A handful French corporations own and rule the place (Bolloré, Bouygues, and others). For example, 70% of the economy in Ivory Coast is owned by private French companies. Bolloré basically owns the seaport, which was partially controlled by the state under Gbagbo. Martin Bouygues was the witness of Ouatara for his wedding... You get the idea. The same goes for most if not all of West Africa.

SeanDav 14y ago

Already moot as me.ga is going to be blocked by Gabon's government.

aw3c2 14y ago

Already covered at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752023 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752023

denzil_correa 14y ago

I don't know, I still think Kim has some tricsk up his sleeve.

bobsy 14y ago

I don't understand how hackers who appear to be so stupid manage to steal a domain. No public corporation would purchase a stolen domain name. No one would pay millions of dollars to cause a minor inconvenience to Kim Dotcom. Universal buy the domain name for a million dollars. Kim Dotcom launches service on his second choice domain name. Service is still running. Service is still popular. Universal is out a million dollars. Its ridiculous. There was the news about anonymous and Zynga.. seriously? "Hackers" have become super silly recently. Starting to think they are all a bunch of 12 year olds having a giggle.

pygy_ 14y ago
Maturity and technical chops are not always correlated.
dasil003 14y ago
It's just grandstanding. But they fall flat on their face with "not 1% but 10%" donated to charity. It should have been 100% if they wanted to lay some credible claim to a moral high ground.

fmax30 14y ago

I would not be surprised if the Dotcom planned this all in advance. Just either to humiliate UMG if it buys the domain (highly unlikely) or just to be in the news (He seems to be trying too hard, by making faux promises)

readme 14y ago

man, you're on HN. please don't call script kiddies 'hackers'