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Yes, let's attempt to extort defense funds from large corporations. That will surely get them on his side. Just because he's "The Little Guy" doesn't make it a

Yes, let's attempt to extort defense funds from large corporations. That will surely get them on his side. Just because he's "The Little Guy" doesn't make it any better. Holding someone hostage to raise money for a cancer research foundation wouldn't make the act itself morally justified.

genwin 13y ago
Excoriate Kim Dotcom but to avoid being hypocritical make sure you do likewise for those large corporations who perfected his method.
- mintplant 13y ago
  Flip it around, and that's where I'm at. Condemn the companies that the tactic is most associated with; don't excuse Kim Dotcom for doing it, too.
  - genwin 13y ago
    Not just this tactic but way worse too. Mass pollution, tax dodging, promoting war for profit, etc. Kim Dotcom is like Mother Teresa comparatively.
    - mintplant 13y ago
      Well, yeah. But that doesn't make the tactics he's using here any less bad (in my book).
resu_nimda 13y ago
Well, I don't know what to say, I think we have basic ideological differences. I think every situation is unique and needs to be judged in full context, you seem to have a more rigid moral code. If that act actually moved the needle on cancer knowledge, I might support it. This particular situation appeals to my romantic and absurdist philosophies, it's ballsy and interesting if nothing else.
- mintplant 13y ago
  In my opinion, it damages the arguments against such abuses of the patent system. A public outpouring of support for this case makes it seem like there's a double standard: that people oppose it in the typical context because of a general bias against large corporations, rather than a problem with patent trolling itself.
  - wnight 13y ago
    Well sure. I doubt Kim lobbied for software patents. I oppose the use of land-mines in general but I support their placement in the boardrooms of corporations that manufacture them. Because heartless execs are nothing like innocent children. Context matters.

genwin 13y ago

Excoriate Kim Dotcom but to avoid being hypocritical make sure you do likewise for those large corporations who perfected his method.

mintplant 13y ago
Flip it around, and that's where I'm at. Condemn the companies that the tactic is most associated with; don't excuse Kim Dotcom for doing it, too.
- genwin 13y ago
  Not just this tactic but way worse too. Mass pollution, tax dodging, promoting war for profit, etc. Kim Dotcom is like Mother Teresa comparatively.
  - mintplant 13y ago
    Well, yeah. But that doesn't make the tactics he's using here any less bad (in my book).

resu_nimda 13y ago

Well, I don't know what to say, I think we have basic ideological differences. I think every situation is unique and needs to be judged in full context, you seem to have a more rigid moral code. If that act actually moved the needle on cancer knowledge, I might support it. This particular situation appeals to my romantic and absurdist philosophies, it's ballsy and interesting if nothing else.

mintplant 13y ago
In my opinion, it damages the arguments against such abuses of the patent system. A public outpouring of support for this case makes it seem like there's a double standard: that people oppose it in the typical context because of a general bias against large corporations, rather than a problem with patent trolling itself.
- wnight 13y ago
  Well sure. I doubt Kim lobbied for software patents. I oppose the use of land-mines in general but I support their placement in the boardrooms of corporations that manufacture them. Because heartless execs are nothing like innocent children. Context matters.