This is 1 year old.. can OP or mod add (2015) to title?
Kim Dotcom to be extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules (2015)
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#12This article is from almost a year ago.
Re: Kim Dotcom to be extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules (2015)
#13Not sure how I feel about this. He was certainly a character. I'm not sure why, but what's the deal with all of these guys basically wanting to be comic book villains? (Kim Dotcom, martin shkreli, etc)
I hate to bring politics into HN, but isn't Dotcom's character highly reminiscent of Trump? Same ideals, different skills.
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#14This is 1 year old.. can OP or mod add (2015) to title?
Added - thanks!
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#15The plutocrats' sheriffs need their pound of flesh to intimidate the peasant sheeple into spending all their money on pointless trinkets and distractions to keep the billionaires rich. Anything or anyone presenting a threat to the corrupt establishment must be destroyed economically, socially and militarily.
Re: Kim Dotcom to be extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules (2015)
#16An article[1] published 4th November 2016 states that
>Where is Kim Dotcom now?
>He could face 55 years in prison if Dotcom convicted. All his assets would be handed over to pay for the alleged $500 million in damages to the entertainment industry.
>But for now, the internet mogul continues to live in his £15million mansion with his wife and five children in Auckland.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cite?
The emails between kim and the other staff discussing it were part of the court case and are in most news articles specifically about the case.
IIRC they were written in German, and when translated the translation at the worst didn't mention piracy - but did reference them as bad people.. with the best translation that it would be a confusing mess for the authorities to look through... You'll have to check the exact reference, but it wasn't as clear cut as your comment looks.
Re: Kim Dotcom to be extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules (2015)
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
The emails between kim and the other staff discussing it were part of the court case and are in most news articles specifically about the case.
IIRC they were written in German, and when translated the translation at the worst didn't mention piracy - but did reference them as bad people.. with the best translation that it would be a confusing mess for the authorities to look through... You'll have to check the exact reference, but it wasn't as clear cut as your comment looks.
"The men who ran the Mega sites passed around customers' e-mails with reactions, complaints, and compliments, many of them mentioning obviously copyrighted content. For instance, in May 2009, Batato sent an e-mail to Ortmann with a customer note reading: "We watched Taken successfuly [sic] and then tried to watch the Alphabet Killer a day later and got the message to upgrade if we wanted to continue watching."
Another user in 2010 e-mailed Batato asking, "where can we see full movies?" Batato answered, “You need to go to our referrer sites. Such as www.thepiratecity.org or www.ovguide.com[.] There are the movie and series links. You cannot find them by searching on MV directly. That would cause us a lot of trouble ;-).”
In 2008, a user wrote directly to Dotcom complaining about video problems. "I’ve been trying to watch Dexter episodes, but... the sound doesn’t match up with the visual," he wrote. "I didn’t choose to use your site, you seem to dominate episodes 6 and 7 of Dexter on alluc[.org, a linking site]."
Dotcom forwarded the e-mail to Ortmann, writing: "on many forums people complain that our video / sound are not in sync... We need to solve this asap!”
from http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/us-unveils-the-ca...
Re: Kim Dotcom to be extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules (2015)
#19An article[1] published 4th November 2016 states that >Where is Kim Dotcom now? >He could face 55 years in prison if Dotcom convicted. All his assets would be handed over to pay for the alleged $500 million in damages to the entertainment industry. >But for now, the internet mogul continues to live in his £15million mansion with his wife and five children in Auckland. [1]: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2115443/
He never actually owned the mansion it was a rental and it's sold recently so I don't think he lives there anymore.