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Kim Dotcom Offers the DoJ a Deal
Master Moose sends this quote from Stuff.co.nz:
"Kim Dotcom claims the United States criminal case against him is collapsing but he is offering to go there without extradition provided federal authorities unfreeze his millions of dollars. In a now hallmark style, he made the offer on Twitter. 'Hey DOJ, we will go to the US,' he tweeted, 'No need for extradition. We want bail, funds unfrozen for lawyers & living expenses.' In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Dotcom says the department knows it does not have a case. 'If they are forced to provide discovery, then there will be no extradition. That's why they don't want to provide discovery. If they had a case, they would not need to hide what they have.'"
"He is a convicted felon, thief, and con artist. Not someone to admire."
And who the fuck are YOU, buddy ?
A nobody, that's who. You always have been and always will be.
So why don't you go back to sucking cock, the one thing that you do well.
So you believe Herr Fatass should be able to profit by intentionally taking other people's copyrighted work, actively making it available not just to its owners but to the world at large, and selling ads to the consumers without any license from the original copyright owners? I disagree. As to whether it's a waste of taxpayer money or not, K.D.'s riches may or may not pay the taxpayers back. It all depends on the case.
I am a film buff. I easily watch 3 movies a week (if I have good company it can be more). I have a Neflix account and a hulu+ account, apart from premium cable. Guess what? I still have to resort to not so legal means to get content. Netflix and hulu online collection suck. I am not even taking about new releases (which I would gladly watch at a movie theater), but movies that were released 20-30 years ago. I sometimes look it up at the local library, sometimes queue it up on Netflix-dvd, and about 60% of the time download the damn thing, get some beer from the fridge and start watching the movie. And my film buff friends abroad, easily get 90% of their content from not so legal means.
Just open it up, already, I would gladly pay for content. But I guess MAFIAA, does not want my money.
I'm a beer buff. I easily drink three 6 packs a week. (if I have good company it can be more)
I belong to several beer-of-the-month clubs and sometimes buy it at the supermarket. Guess what? Not all of the beer I want to drink is sold at all, you have to buy it at the local brew pub where they make it.
I can buy lots of beer at my local supermarket, but not the beer I want. So I found that I can siphon it out of the huge vats at the brewpub while they aren't looking. It's really no loss of income to them - they have thousand gallon vats, so 16 ounces here or there won't hurt them - they waste more than that from the taps during a typical evening.
If I couldn't siphon it for free, I might buy some of the beers that the brewpub *does* sell at the supermarket, but I want the ones they refuse to sell, so I feel entitled to take it for free.