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Wild Bill'd fuck her.
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Megaupload boss calls US charges 'malicious'
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Thursday accused US authorities of mounting a "misleading and malicious" case against him, saying there was no way they could win a landmark online piracy action.
Free on bail in New Zealand after winning a legal fight with prosecutors who wanted keep him behind bars after his January 20 arrest, a defiant Dotcom was confident of beating charges brought by the US Justice Department and FBI.
"For every email in their indictment, I have 100 others that disprove it," Dotcom told the New Zealand Herald in his first interview since being released last week after a month in custody.
The US indictment alleges Megaupload and related file-sharing sites netted more than $175 million in criminal proceeds and cost copyright owners more than $500 million by offering pirated copies of movies, TV shows and other content.
But Dotcom said the charges ignored evidence he personally attempted to stop copyright infringers from linking to Megaupload and his business employed a 20-strong team dedicated to taking down material which may have been copyright.
"How do you cherry-pick in a way that is so misleading and malicious?" he said. "For me, sitting in my cell, I'm thinking, 'Why are they doing this, they can't win?'"
The German national predicted it could take years to prove his innocence in court. His fight to be granted bail was only an initial skirmish, with a battle looming in New Zealand in August when US authorities will seek his extradition.
If the 38-year-old is transferred to the United States, a lengthy court case appears inevitable as authorities pursue the largest Internet copyright piracy case in US history.
Prosecutors have vowed to seek maximum penalties of 20 years on racketeering and money-laundering charges if Dotcom, who legally changed his name from Kim Schmitz, is brought before a US court.
Dotcom said he was stunned to be locked up after New Zealand police, cooperating with the US investigation, raided his sprawling Auckland mansion on January 20.
He complained of his treatment during his first night in custody, telling the newspaper: "Every two hours they would wake me up, 'I said this is torture, this is sleep deprivation.'"
The portly millionaire said that if there was a bright side to his incarceration, it was the 16 kilograms (35 pounds) he lost while behind bars.
Despite his legal woes, Dotcom said he wanted to remain in New Zealand for the long term with his three children and wife Mona, who is pregnant with twins.
"This is the country where I want to live and where I want my children to grow up, I love it here," said the businessman, who moved to Auckland in early 2010.Comment
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Amazing..... Not one person has ask how the "FBI" has the authority to arrest some one in another country.
How would you feel if American citizens where arrested by the KGB. Or what ever special services China has, and exported out of the country?
2nd point.
Do you get it yet? The feds, cops, judges do not work for us any more. They work for the people/organizations with the money, and not the kind of money your rich uncle Joe has. Not even if he's worth 46 Million, as this story would suggest.Comment
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Megaupload founder creates new file-share service called Mega that will allow users to upload encrypted files to the cloud storage service.
Kim Dotcom has certainly been facing a lot of grief for his previous site Megaupload. In fact, earlier this year Dotcom’s house was raided and he served some time in jail. Even after all of the legal repercussions, Dotcom announced that he was planning to create a new site that would offer one-click encryption. Enter Mega, the new file-sharing service from Dotcom.
The basic mechanic of Mega will be similar to its predecessor Megaupload. Users will upload their files to an cloud storage service which will allow other Mega users to download these files to their computer. There is one major difference however and that is added security for Dotcom and the users.
Mega founder Kim Dotcom
When the FBI raided Megaupload’s servers, they also seized all the users’ files. In order to avoid the same issue, Mega will host all of the data on two sets of redundant servers in two different countries. If one server happens to go down, the files will still be available on another servier. Eventually, Dotcom plans to have a network hosted by thousands of different entities on thousands of different servers around the world.
Aside from additional servers, Mega will also offer the new feature of one-touch encryption. All files uploaded to the servers will first be encrypted and anyone that downloads will receive a unique key for decryption purposes. Mega, therefore, will not be responsible for any of the content uploaded by users since they will not be able to view any of the uploaded files.
There is certainly controversy surrounding Mega. Many critics view the service as a revamped Megaupload that will eventually face the same legal issues. It’s hard to know what exactly will happen to Dotcom’s new service but we can only hope Dotcom’s precautions will keep the law from shutting it down.Comment
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I bet this one is even bigger, awesome.Comment
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this is just like pirate bay coming back... multiple cloud servers in multiple countriesComment
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fucking sweet..Comment
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Interesting - especially Kim changing his last name to Dotcom.Comment
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You can't stop the Internet, it's everywhere.Comment
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