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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 OlliBolli »

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?

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Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by OlliBolli »

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.

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Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by tempodox »

clarry wrote: post #19
tempodox wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

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.

Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by Fej »

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.

Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by Cryptosale75 »

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.

Hasn't that always been the case. I was always under the impression that he was basically an affiliate scammer that made enough money to pay a team of coders to fulfill his 'business ideas'. All of them bordering on PPC/Affiliate marketing scams and MLM schemes. Seems his only genuine interest is sports cars, hookers and blow.

Re: Kim Dotcom plans 2017 relaunch of Megaupload

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Post by junto »

jagermo wrote: post #11

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

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.
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