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Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by lunchTime42 »

k__ wrote: post #10
arca_vorago wrote: post #3

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?

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.

Needs a new planet. Elon Musk: Somebody stole my mars shuttle.. or hide in North Korea Kim Yong Nil and Kim Dot Com

Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by tempodox »

k__ wrote: post #10
arca_vorago wrote: post #3

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?

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.

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.

Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by tomp »

mynewtb wrote: post #6
jswny wrote: post #4

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.

Regular business men don't commit fraud.

Only politicians do.

Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by clarry »

tempodox wrote: post #17
k__ wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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.

It sounds like you believe the overwhelming use of file sharing is illegitimate? Dropbox and google drive ought to go out of business too?
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