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Kim Dotcom

101 pointsby _ikke_over 12 years ago

18 comments

digitalengineerover 12 years ago
Regardless of what you might think of Kim, his personality, his wealth fact is the US administration broke it's own (and international) law to take him out. The administrations' style is one of intimidation and aggression. Laws are for regular people it seems. Kim was left without access to his own funds / video-footage / hardware so he would not be able to set up an effective defense.<p>This entire ordeal tells us more about the current administration than Kim.
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w1ntermuteover 12 years ago
No matter what people say about the legality/morality of his businesses, I love this guy's oversized personality. He's one of those guys that keeps things interesting on the internet.
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rbnover 12 years ago
This guy is the biggest phoney ever. He made his fortune from piracy. I'm all for freedom and justice but don't pretend you are some saint.
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mattparlaneover 12 years ago
The only reason he doesn't like copyright law is because it stands in the way of him living the life he wants.<p>This guy absolutely disgusts me -- he doesn't give a shit about free speech, he just wants to live in his enormous mansion and eat far too much food and drive expensive cars and show off his trophy wife.
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emmaperskyover 12 years ago
This is bizarre. Why is this aimed so squarely at "Mr President" - The Obama Administration was anti SOPA, whereas the republican senate was behind it. Sure, the reality is probably more subtle than this, but if you must pick a single entity, the Republican Senate seems like a better target. Less sexy I guess.
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rsinglaover 12 years ago
I'm not sure this ought to be on HN. To me, it just seems like a guy's throwing a hissy fit. Publicly.
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Nuxover 12 years ago
Meh, can't see his new site. What's wrong with latest Firefox ESR? The website doesn't look like too advanced (from what I can see in Opera), just a bunch of embeds. He should declare war on retarded web designers as well.<p><a href="http://img.nux.ro/3jF-kim.com.png" rel="nofollow">http://img.nux.ro/3jF-kim.com.png</a>
jagermoover 12 years ago
the worst thing about this whole megaupload fubar is that Mr Schmitz gets airtime again. I had hoped that he would have disappeared for good. He was an annoying fake back when he only operated in Germany and didn't get any better over the years.
ari_elleover 12 years ago
All that i can say to this post is "?"
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enrover 12 years ago
those three letter .com addresses are sexy.
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marbanover 12 years ago
not as jaw-dropping as the good old kimble.org but still. anyone who remembers it?
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augusto_hpover 12 years ago
I miss GlaDOS, anyone else?
antsamover 12 years ago
Kim needs to put out an album already.
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kahaweover 12 years ago
This is just like his old kimble.org page... big words and I promise you: nothing remotely justifying it actually behind it. He has been trolling JUST like this in the 90s and looks like he is using his current publicity to do the same now.<p>In the end it is ALL about making money for him and it always has been. He has been doing the same "business" back in the 90s and famously turned over former associates to the police to cut deals.
witoldcover 12 years ago
I remember the first time I learned of Kim - 10+ years ago.<p>From the early days, his questionable 'projects', his legal troubles back home, his money making schemes, him defrauding people on BMW M5 forums, etc. Then I didn't hear about him for 10 years.<p>When his name came out during the Megaupload uproar, I immediately remembered his name and his antics and without knowing anything about Megaupload I knew he was guilty as sin just based on his record.
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eclipticover 12 years ago
I think Kim knows he is a joke, too bad HN readers don't.
ryanpersover 12 years ago
MY NEW HERO
mhdover 12 years ago
Quite fitting, he seems to have an ego that would require Roland Emmerichs' most widescreen lens setup.