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Kim Dotcom Regrets Not Taking Copyright Law and MPAA "More Seriously"

Posted by timothy on from the equal-treatment-under-law dept.

concertina226 writes Kim Dotcom has spoken out about his long battle over copyright with the U.S. government and his regrets about the events that have led to his arrest ahead of his bail breach hearing on Thursday that could see him return to jail in New Zealand. "Would I have done things differently? Of course. My biggest regret is I didn't take the threat of the copyright law and the MPAA seriously enough," Dotcom said via live video link from his mansion in Auckland, New Zealand at the Unbound Digital conference in London on Tuesday. ... "We never for a minute thought that anyone would bring any criminal actions against us. We had in-house legal counsel, we had three outside firms working for us who reviewed our sites, and not once had any of them mentioned any form of legal risk, so I wish I had known that there was a risk."

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  1. Re:Wrong risk ... by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    What he didn't evaluate was the risk that the MPAA et al had bought off/co-opted the US government, who decided they were going to go into the business of strong-arming people when they don't have an applicable law.

    You can't plan for stuff like that.

    What? Yes, you absolutely can. Yes, it was absolutely predictable. Yes. YES! Look, yes. The answer to all your objecting questions is yes. Yes, he could and should have predicted that the USA would do its best to sow his ground with salt. Just fucking look at us. LOOK AT US. Of course we would do that.

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  2. Re:Kim Dotcom Regrets getting caught by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 3, Funny

    He seems to think the laws didn't apply to him.

    So his next career will be on Wall Street?

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  3. Re:He definitely did know and understand the risk. by c · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is nothing but yet another one of his charades and PR stunts. He is not fighting for you or your right to keep a "backup copy". Trying to get everyone on the net riled up is just yet another PR stunt. Kim always has been and always will be caring for only one person: himself. And he will not hesitate to lie and step on former friends and partners alike. Never just trusting anything he says should be the default.

    ... and yet, somehow, he still comes across as less sleazy than the people going after him.

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