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I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when the US government started calling the NZ government and making promises (and threats) to make sure this happened.

by junto 13y ago

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when the US government started calling the NZ government and making promises (and threats) to make sure this happened. It would be naive to think otherwise. The USG is amazingly patient. Kimble has been on their radar for a long time. Now they really want him, and I would be very very surprised if they don't get him eventually. Somehow I really think he has a small chance to stick it to the man, so I kind want to root for him, even though he's more than likely a tool.

ChuckFrank 13y ago
Actually, Kim Dotcom is not a tool. He's very well spoken, intelligent and surprisingly compelling individual. Here's the Campbell Live interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcvYhQwAC8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcvYhQwAC8
- icu 13y ago
  Good link, thanks.
- brazzy 13y ago
  He's a crook who'll do and say just about anything for his personal enrichment and self-aggrandization.
- junto 13y ago
  Correction: > He's very well spoken, intelligent and surprisingly compelling individual _fraudster_. Mega wasn't exactly the first time he's been in trouble [1]. The MCI / AT&T calling card fraud was a lot of money. The Letsbuyit.com fraud wasn't small fry. He's a fraudster through and through. The only difference between his actions with Megaupload and the previous frauds was that this time he was defrauding media companies and not the man on the street. The man on the street was on his side, mainly because he was enabling them to get free content. The English Wikipedia page also misses out on another rather nasty part of his history, namely [2][3]: > And he copied all data he found, and brought the captures to Germany’s most hated intellectual property lawyer, Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth. Who sued the hackers on behalf of the copyright owners and allegedly paid Schmitz per bust. So yeah, he's a tool. He fucked over his fellow crackers for money. On a side note (just in case you falsely think I'm some kind of RIAA / MPAA lover), I also think that the same media companies that are screwing over their customers using copyright law are also a bunch of fraudsters, but sadly they are doing that screwing within a legal framework that they have lobbied congress to impose. More fool congress and more fool the voter who voted for those jokers. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Criminal_investigations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Criminal_investigati... - http://eclamus.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/megaupload/ http://eclamus.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/megaupload/ - http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/bbs_legal_info/busts.txt http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/bbs_legal_inf...

by junto 13y ago

ChuckFrank 13y ago

Actually, Kim Dotcom is not a tool. He's very well spoken, intelligent and surprisingly compelling individual. Here's the Campbell Live interview - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcvYhQwAC8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMcvYhQwAC8

icu 13y ago
Good link, thanks.
brazzy 13y ago
He's a crook who'll do and say just about anything for his personal enrichment and self-aggrandization.
junto 13y ago
Correction: > He's very well spoken, intelligent and surprisingly compelling individual _fraudster_. Mega wasn't exactly the first time he's been in trouble [1]. The MCI / AT&T calling card fraud was a lot of money. The Letsbuyit.com fraud wasn't small fry. He's a fraudster through and through. The only difference between his actions with Megaupload and the previous frauds was that this time he was defrauding media companies and not the man on the street. The man on the street was on his side, mainly because he was enabling them to get free content. The English Wikipedia page also misses out on another rather nasty part of his history, namely [2][3]: > And he copied all data he found, and brought the captures to Germany’s most hated intellectual property lawyer, Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth. Who sued the hackers on behalf of the copyright owners and allegedly paid Schmitz per bust. So yeah, he's a tool. He fucked over his fellow crackers for money. On a side note (just in case you falsely think I'm some kind of RIAA / MPAA lover), I also think that the same media companies that are screwing over their customers using copyright law are also a bunch of fraudsters, but sadly they are doing that screwing within a legal framework that they have lobbied congress to impose. More fool congress and more fool the voter who voted for those jokers. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Criminal_investigations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Criminal_investigati... - http://eclamus.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/megaupload/ http://eclamus.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/megaupload/ - http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/bbs_legal_info/busts.txt http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/bbs_legal_inf...