Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Megaupload

[guybrushthreepwood]

He is just a an running a site for people to share files. Nothing illegal except the people doing the actions.

and yes, I bet the feds are riding his cars to their homes today 

Could you not argue that Silk Road was doing nothing illegal too?

What is Silk Road? I only know about Tor and Those other underground drug sites.

It was/is an underground drug site. One of the biggest. Google it for more info.

By these standards ....

telephone companies are liable for the actions of criminals and drug dealers who use the phones.  And the US Mail is liable for the actions of the Unibomber when they delivered his "mail".

...but there is actually a specific exclusion for the 'common carrier' for the telephone companies being liable for the actions of the users, this has been in law for a long time.  This was extended to include internet service providers, ISPs, and so forth.  But now we see a trend toward reversing that, essentially, for those who don't play along with the demands of the current crop of People Controllers.

Tell that to the Mighty United States of America.

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[U1TRA_L0RD]

He is just a an running a site for people to share files. Nothing illegal except the people doing the actions.

and yes, I bet the feds are riding his cars to their homes today 

Could you not argue that Silk Road was doing nothing illegal too?

What is Silk Road? I only know about Tor and Those other underground drug sites.

It was/is an underground drug site. One of the biggest. Google it for more info.

By these standards ....

telephone companies are liable for the actions of criminals and drug dealers who use the phones.  And the US Mail is liable for the actions of the Unibomber when they delivered his "mail".

...but there is actually a specific exclusion for the 'common carrier' for the telephone companies being liable for the actions of the users, this has been in law for a long time.  This was extended to include internet service providers, ISPs, and so forth.  But now we see a trend toward reversing that, essentially, for those who don't play along with the demands of the current crop of People Controllers.

Tell that to the Mighty United States of America.

America is full of brainwashed individuals who keep kissing ass. NSA is going to be monitoring the world, yet countries dont do anything about it when they are the victims. The United States will rule the world in some way.

[Wilikon]

He is just a an running a site for people to share files. Nothing illegal except the people doing the actions.

and yes, I bet the feds are riding his cars to their homes today 

Could you not argue that Silk Road was doing nothing illegal too?

What is Silk Road? I only know about Tor and Those other underground drug sites.

It was/is an underground drug site. One of the biggest. Google it for more info.

By these standards ....

telephone companies are liable for the actions of criminals and drug dealers who use the phones.  And the US Mail is liable for the actions of the Unibomber when they delivered his "mail".

...but there is actually a specific exclusion for the 'common carrier' for the telephone companies being liable for the actions of the users, this has been in law for a long time.  This was extended to include internet service providers, ISPs, and so forth.  But now we see a trend toward reversing that, essentially, for those who don't play along with the demands of the current crop of People Controllers.

Tell that to the Mighty United States of America.

America is full of brainwashed individuals who keep kissing ass. NSA is going to be monitoring the world, yet countries dont do anything about it when they are the victims. The United States will rule the world in some way.

You are just jealous because we have the first Killer Drone Nobel Peace Prize Winner ever.......

[Wilikon]

Megaupload founder and web tycoon Kim Dotcom is launching registration for his New Zealand political party on Monday. Tickets for his 40th birthday, coinciding with the launch, went in minutes, with more than 15,000 people planning to attend.

Dotcom, born in Germany as Kim Schmitz, told The Associated Press in an interview published Tuesday that he is founding and funding the party, but will himself not stand as a candidate. From Monday a party website and mobile app will be launched, and will begin registering members. By law, New Zealand requires 500 paid-up members to be registered before a party is formed.

While a resident of New Zealand, Dotcom is not able to stand as a candidate for political office as he does not have citizenship.

“The party website with information about our vision & candidates will launch with another BIG event on Jan 20, 2014. Second raid anniversary,” Dotcom announced in September. He followed it up with a tweet posted Tuesday: “We are going to make politics exciting.”

“My political party will activate non-voters, the youth, the Internet electorate,” he added.

My new political party won't be named Mega Party. We are the Internet Party. Here's our logo for the first time.



Dotcom’s 40th celebration on January 20 – the day before his birthday – initially had 2,000 free invitations available to the general public. However, the run on invites meant that it reached full capacity within a matter of minutes, forcing Dotcom to switch venues after the number registering to attend through the twitter tag #PartyParty broke the 15,000 milestone.

Its new base, in Vector Arena in Auckland, can hold over 20,000. At the show, Dotcom will also be launching his new “Good Times” album.

The thousands-strong party will mark the two-year anniversary of the FBI and New Zealand authorities’ raid on Dotcom’s house. The search saw Dotcom arrested and his assets, including a luxury car collection, seized, with Dotcom himself being accused of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.

The US government has been seeking to get him extradited, with his hearing first delayed until April, and then July. Dotcom’s ongoing legal battles have also seen him suing a New Zealand spy agency for spying.

Dotcom has been deeply and vocally critical of global surveillance practices. “Depending on how well it tickles the fancies of some of the more radical, marginalized, and disillusioned voters and non-voters, the so-called Mega Party could have a huge impact on who forms the next government,” wrote Bryce Edwards, a political commentator and lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. However, Edwards also stated that the new party is “far from certain to get into Parliament.”

Megaupload was a haven for file-sharers until it was shut down by the US government in 2012. At the point of its closure, it was getting some 50 million users on a daily basis. Since its closure, Dotcom has founded a new file hosting site, called Mega.

[o24]

Truly a man that deserves alot of respect for his resilience/cajones lol

[guybrushthreepwood]

Tell that to the Mighty United States of America.

America is full of brainwashed individuals who keep kissing ass. NSA is going to be monitoring the world, yet countries dont do anything about it when they are the victims. The United States will rule the world in some way.

I think they already do, or at least like to think they do.

[Spendulus]

Tell that to the Mighty United States of America.

America is full of brainwashed individuals who keep kissing ass. NSA is going to be monitoring the world, yet countries dont do anything about it when they are the victims. The United States will rule the world in some way.

I think they already do, or at least like to think they do.

What if the result of the outcome of the NSA debacle, and similar issues existing or yet to come, is not the diminishing of the US as a world power and the rise of some other power, but the rise of the little people?

[guybrushthreepwood]

Tell that to the Mighty United States of America.

America is full of brainwashed individuals who keep kissing ass. NSA is going to be monitoring the world, yet countries dont do anything about it when they are the victims. The United States will rule the world in some way.

I think they already do, or at least like to think they do.

What if the result of the outcome of the NSA debacle, and similar issues existing or yet to come, is not the diminishing of the US as a world power and the rise of some other power, but the rise of the little people?

You mean these people:

[BitChick]

Where do you find these pictures!?   

[guybrushthreepwood]

Where do you find these pictures!?   

Oh it's this amazing site that I found the other day. Not sure if you've heard of it but it's called Google.

[BitChick]

Where do you find these pictures!?  

Oh it's this amazing site that I found the other day. Not sure if you've heard of it but it's called Google.

I guess I never searched Google for a picture of the "rise of the little people."  

[guybrushthreepwood]

Where do you find these pictures!?  

Oh it's this amazing site that I found the other day. Not sure if you've heard of it but it's called Google.

I guess I never searched Google for a picture of the "rise of the little people."  

Neither did I; I searched for 'midget kings'. lol jk I just googled 'little people' .

[2dogs]

Kim Dotcom is a great story and another wake up call.
  
His problem, and what he is fighting for, should scare the #%&@ out of everyone!

Reminds me of some other recent "internet activists" - The Pirate Bay.

Watch AFK - TPB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8 for similarities.

Then, there was Aaron Schwartz.

Does anyone detect a pattern here?

[Wilikon]

Kim Dotcom is a great story and another wake up call.
  
His problem, and what he is fighting for, should scare the #%&@ out of everyone!

Reminds me of some other recent "internet activists" - The Pirate Bay.

Watch AFK - TPB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8 for similarities.

Then, there was Aaron Schwartz.

Does anyone detect a pattern here?

I do.

[2dogs]

Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, etc. -  countless, nameless others are being targeted.

Found this, summarizes the (r)evolution - granted, from a certain perspective, but still interesting:

Anonymous- The Story of the Hacktivists (Full Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tQ1VtLMyk

[Wilikon]

Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, etc. -  countless, nameless others are being targeted.

Found this, summarizes the (r)evolution - granted, from a certain perspective, but still interesting:

Anonymous- The Story of the Hacktivists (Full Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tQ1VtLMyk

I just wish they would be more active NOW: NSA, etc, etc, than just LOL with sarah palin's email. They should trust NO government no matter its so called "political color".

[byt411]

Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, etc. -  countless, nameless others are being targeted.

Found this, summarizes the (r)evolution - granted, from a certain perspective, but still interesting:

Anonymous- The Story of the Hacktivists (Full Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tQ1VtLMyk

Anyway, for those who aren't bothered to watch the video, Anonymous is a "hacker" group whose aim is to promote internet freedom, and attacks government websites when they try to control internet. Like when the FBI shut down megaupload, the US government sites and servers were down for a long time.

[hilariousandco]

Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, etc. -  countless, nameless others are being targeted.

Found this, summarizes the (r)evolution - granted, from a certain perspective, but still interesting:

Anonymous- The Story of the Hacktivists (Full Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tQ1VtLMyk

Anyway, for those who aren't bothered to watch the video, Anonymous is a "hacker" group whose aim is to promote internet freedom, and attacks government websites when they try to control internet. Like when the FBI shut down megaupload, the US government sites and servers were down for a long time.

"Anonymous" is largely a bunch of basement-dwelling script kiddies ddos-ing websites. Hardly revolutionaries.

[byt411]

Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, etc. -  countless, nameless others are being targeted.

Found this, summarizes the (r)evolution - granted, from a certain perspective, but still interesting:

Anonymous- The Story of the Hacktivists (Full Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tQ1VtLMyk

Anyway, for those who aren't bothered to watch the video, Anonymous is a "hacker" group whose aim is to promote internet freedom, and attacks government websites when they try to control internet. Like when the FBI shut down megaupload, the US government sites and servers were down for a long time.

"Anonymous" is largely a bunch of basement-dwelling script kiddies ddos-ing websites. Hardly revolutionaries.

Well, if you think of them that way, let's see you prove yourself to be much more than "basement-dwelling script kiddies".

[hilariousandco]

Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, etc. -  countless, nameless others are being targeted.

Found this, summarizes the (r)evolution - granted, from a certain perspective, but still interesting:

Anonymous- The Story of the Hacktivists (Full Documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tQ1VtLMyk

Anyway, for those who aren't bothered to watch the video, Anonymous is a "hacker" group whose aim is to promote internet freedom, and attacks government websites when they try to control internet. Like when the FBI shut down megaupload, the US government sites and servers were down for a long time.

"Anonymous" is largely a bunch of basement-dwelling script kiddies ddos-ing websites. Hardly revolutionaries.

Well, if you think of them that way, let's see you prove yourself to be much more than "basement-dwelling script kiddies".

I am Edward Snowden. Anonymous ain't got shit on me.