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Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
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Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
#462Ever watched that show Monk with that villain Dale the Whale who had to go to prison? That's pretty much how I see Kim Schmitz rotting in jail: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMb6zUTVwAAQwPn.jpg
Haha wow, this brings back memories.
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#463Much like Napster, his only real crime was success. If nobody or barely anyone used Megaupload, he wouldn’t have been in as much trouble. He paved the way for streaming and digital distribution of media. Megavideo in particular had the highest encoding rates possible at the time, even superior to YouTube.
YouTube is way more successful than Megaupload or Napster. The difference is that YouTube went above and beyond to comply with the law and Megaupload and Napster didn't.
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#464I appreciate Kim Dotcom for running MegaUpload and later Mega, in a time when the internet was younger and wilder. Also for his pirate spirit and "stick it to the man" attitude. But everything has a limit, specifically his resistance against the law, even if he hid it behind virtues. I think it's clear for everybody that one cannot get away with this kind of stuff, once governments get involved. Isn't it wiser to sto…
There's no evidence that piracy causes any type of harm to these multi-trillion dollar American entertainment conglomerates. Moving heaven and earth to extract a citizen from another country using the power of the state, and drag him before their feet is tyrannical.
Here's your evidence: I would have bought House on DVD 15 years ago if there hadn't been the option to stream it illegally.
You might object this evidence by telling me that you bought all seasons of House only because you had been streaming it illegally before, and that you wouldn't have done so without previously streaming it – but in most jurisdictions, this kind of "business procurement" does not cancel out the harm done in the first case.
Anyways, the burden to disprove the harm done through me not buying it is on you.
Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
#465It's been 12 years.
I wish the 6th amendment meant more.
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#466Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
#467Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I think it's clear for everybody that one cannot get away with this kind of stuff, once governments get involved. I'm far more concerned with the stuff that governments get away with, including infringement of the freedom to share information.
Totally fair point, but what can you do? This is how the world works. Fighting such beasts is pointless. You might tame them with lobby money, but no billionaire is interested. And we're now talking about the human spirit that cannot be chained, as also seen in Pirate Bay or Snowden. Sure, people do need heroes and hope from time to time. But I have become less romantic over the years, and more careful.
> Fighting such beasts is pointless.
You realize that if everyone thought that, the world would be a worse place?
Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
#468What exactly has Mega done that Dropbox hasn't? In my eyes they're basically the same product, the only difference being Mega's edgier tone.
You can just read the charging docs.
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edva/legacy...
> On or about February 13, 2007, ORTMANN sent an e-mail to VAN DER KOLK entitled “my concerns about the thumbnails table.” In the e-mail, ORTMANN asked VAN DER KOLK to create “a dummy lifetime premium user,” stating that “[t]his is very important to prevent the loss of source files due to expiration or abuse reports.”
The company was literally reposting copyrighted material under puppet accounts.
Re: Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
#469I appreciate Kim Dotcom for running MegaUpload and later Mega, in a time when the internet was younger and wilder. Also for his pirate spirit and "stick it to the man" attitude. But everything has a limit, specifically his resistance against the law, even if he hid it behind virtues. I think it's clear for everybody that one cannot get away with this kind of stuff, once governments get involved. Isn't it wiser to sto…
not really, his website was based on hong kong, this is a fight against america playing world police, which i'm on board with they have no business going after just a single man so fervently, he's a foreign national and the websites weren't based in the US
Copyright is protected by international treaty.
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#470Earlier quoted context omitted.
If not the US, then who do you suggest could plausibly lead (I would even say prop up) the free world and the global economy?
Catering to trillion dollar media companies is not exactly my idea of freedom.
Freedom is in the eye of the beholder, apparently.