Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US
Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US
Justice minister signs extradition order for Megaupload founder 12 years after FBI-ordered raid over file sharing site
Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said.
German-born Dotcom has New Zealand residency and has been fighting extradition to the US since 2012 following an FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion.
The justice minister, Paul Goldsmith, had signed an extradition order for Dotcom, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
“I considered all of the information carefully, and have decided that Mr Dotcom should be surrendered to the US to face trial,” Goldsmith said in a statement.
In a post on X on Tuesday, Dotcom said: “The obedient US colony in the South Pacific just decided to extradite me for what users uploaded to Megaupload,” in what appears to be a reference to the extradition order.
the whole math of "stole $500 million" is stupid. That is hypothetical money. It is just not true that all people would have purchased instead without megaupload.
"Which generated $175 million for the site" that's more like it. Making money with other people's content is shitty and Kim knew it was happening.
I don't think he should be extradited but that is at least a decent reason.
155"Making money with other people's content is shitty"
What reddit, xitter, meta and pretty every big corporation is doing right now with A.I.?
54Except that when you post to Reddit, you grant them "a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Reddit."
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Plex anyone?
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130Aye, me too. But does it not make you think... Is there anything we can collectively do to help?
I know he's had his issues, but man, he gave us access to do many things back in the day
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Wow. I forgot that guy existed... I wonder if he still thinks his name change is cool.
44Lol, yeah that's a damn good question.
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I use Mega. It's the cloud service that minds it's own business.
38They all do when you encrypt before uploading.
1I mostly meant advertising upgrades and services
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Gonna be hilarious when he spanks the us government in court after 12 years of their bs.
14Not that I condone anything the US government does or may do, but the guy literally profited off of people using his site for piracy. Not sure what defense he can muster that will succeed in the US court system.
Edit> I guess people don’t understand the words I’ve written. Downvote me, please! Fake internet points are meaningless :)
Edit 2> So many attempts at completely illogical analogies. Wow. And the funny thing is all I said is the US sees what he has done as illegal and therefore will pursue him, and that he would probably have little defense of it since he profited by doing so. It’s impressive how people go from that to inferring that I am on the US’s side with this pursuit. I honestly couldn’t care less what Kim did or what the US does to him…but it sure as hell would be nice if people stopped assuming more than what was actually fucking typed. It’s impressive the sheer lack of comprehension that exists on this Lemmy instance.
-7not only that. kimble was a skid and paid at&t folks for cards. he was a shit person from day one on. there are too many shit things he did. the idiotic videos of himself in whatever car and women he paid to hang out. also you dont feed off of the Scene. you will have a bad time. kim is shit!
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oh shit *that* is what Kim Dotcom looks like? bwahaha
-4Isn’t he a GRU asset as well?
-6I saw some Gru assets in Despicable Me 4
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