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Kim Dotcom Resigns From Mega To Fight Extradition, Run For Office

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 4, 2013 @04:04AM from the remember-when-he-was-evil dept.

rjmarvin writes "The Internet mogul and founder of the infamous file sharing and storage service confirmed he has stepped down as director to fight his U.S. extradition case, develop Megabox — his revolutionary music platform — oh, and to start his own political party and run for office in New Zealand's elections next year. What about the cutting-edge encrypted email service he promised? Well that's Chief Executive Vikram Kumar and new Director Bonnie Lam's problem now. Dotcom will have his hands full trying to 'get New Zealanders a new submarine cable, fair Internet pricing & no more data caps...'"

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Re:Gee, he's got my vote by MickyTheIdiot · 2013-09-04 04:13 · Score: 4, Funny

per-scandaled. It's the new way to do business.
Not good enough by Richy_T · 2013-09-04 04:16 · Score: 4, Insightful

Cutting-edge, encrypted email should be an RFC, not a service.
Re:Gee, he's got my vote by Hatta · 2013-09-04 04:16 · Score: 4, Insightful

The politician you know is a felon is more honest than the one who claims not to be.

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Re:Gee, he's got my vote by Charliemopps · 2013-09-04 04:47 · Score: 5, Insightful

I think, given the current state of the law, we are all felons.
Re:Gee, he's got my vote by Tyler+Eaves · 2013-09-04 05:21 · Score: 5, Informative

He's a real criminal. Many criminal charges including credit card theft, pump and dump stock schemes, and investment fraud.

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