Tek Syndicate: The US Government overstepped it boundaries when they shut down Megaupload. What can Kim Dotcom and Megaupload do about it?
Kim Dotcom wants the world to be able to watch his extradition appeal on YouTube.
Last year, there was a series of very troubling rulings by a district court in a case related to the criminal prosecution of Kim Dotcom. This wasn't, technically, part of the actual criminal case against him, but rather a separate effort by the government to steal his money. We've been covering the ridiculous process of civil asset forfeiture for a while, and it's really problematic in general. In Dotcom's case, it's something of a farce.
Ira Rothken has kept Megaupload founder free for years. Can he do it again?
Sure if Kim Dotcom can sue the Government, surely all the people who had files hosted on the site would also be eligible to?
I really hope they do get sued though.. this is just a classic example of the Government and the copyright gimps flexing their muscles.
Amazing how people will grovel for and cheer on a despicable man who made a fortune by charging for access to pirated movies and entertainment.
The handful of idiots who actually trusted their non-infringing data with an obviously illegal operation have no recourse.
Kim dotcom is everything the freetards imagine hollywood tycoons to be.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like the man but the Feds mishandled the case.
A mistrial is a possibility
In the eyes of the law he's a criminal.But remember, he became a millionaire because of people (who are not caught by the way) willingly use his site. It's hard to judge the guy harshly when all of us actually use his site all these years. We made him into what he is now and we're leaving him to the wolves. Using his site for so long and then supporting the US government's action when he is caught is just hypocritical.
BUT...the Feds are not wrong since they are doing what they are supposed to do: uphold the law. Only they seemed to have dropped the ball in this case.
It's a confusing situation. We helped the guy to become a millionaire and now we just watched him being jerked around in custody.We know we can't do anything since what we've done with his site is mostly questionable.
Do it, someone needs to smack my government in the mouth for thinking they can do whatever they want around the world.