Interviews: Ask Kim Dotcom a Question

He was the founder of Megaupload, its successor Mega, New Zealand's Internet Party, and is the world's greatest Modern Warfare 3 player. He was born Kim Schmitz, but you know him better as Kim Dotcom. While he's had a number of run-ins with the law over the years, The U.S. government is currently charging him with criminal copyright violation and racketeering in association with his Megaupload site. Dotcom has recently won a court battle in New Zealand blocking the U.S. from seizing $67 million in assets. Even though he has a lot on his plate, Kim has agreed to take some time to answer any questions you may have. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one per post.

Comments

phys

[Anonymous Coward]

how did he turned into such a fat slob?

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

I really, really want to mod you up, but it would be futile since it would be meta-moderated by some other fat slob.

I sincerely would like to know just HOW someone gets that fat. Even if it is a medical condition, the last time I checked there are none that can't be managed. If you get that fat, you are just lazy or WANT to be that fat.

Re: phys

[Anonymous Coward]

Follow up: did you choose to become a narcissistic faggot or did you simply inherit those traits from narcissistic faggoted parents?

Re:phys

[master_kaos]

sorry did incorrect mod of overrated.. meant to do funny

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

I think most people who are that fat are also wondering how they got that fat. It happens over time, usually for reasons both physiological and psychological. What you said above is the most common stereotype, and it is at best a gross over simplification of the issue, and at worst, a display of mean-spirited aggression indicative of someone without empathy or any basic compassion for other people. Do not be so quick to judge - your experiences are not universal and you have no idea what other people are going through.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, I am that fat, with a BMI between 39 and 40. It starts like this.

At age 16, I was told to quit playing football (not hand-egg), because of scoliosis.
At age 17, I moved out of my parents place and had to cook for myself (guess what, Pizzaaaaaa)
At age 21, I got my first IT job, sitting all day
At age 25, I had grown to a BMI of 34
At age 30, I had grown to a BMI of 37
At age 40, I'm close to 40.

I don't eat two pizzas for breakfast. I just sit in a cube all day and work my ass off (or on, actually), by sitting and typing. My gut is the size of the mount Everest, and I can't see my dick anymore. Not even in the mirror, as it is concealed by a big lump of fat.

But it goes so slowly, that you won't realize until it's too late.

Re:phys

[spazdor]

Thanks, AC, for actually giving a serious answer and putting a human face on the too-often faceless target of fat ridicule. Everyone - literally every single person in the world - is facing their own unique struggle and it bugs me to see people dismissing other people's struggles so nonchalantly, like "Just be skinny! I can do it so why can't you"

Re: phys

[Anonymous Coward]

Similar story here. Young, fast metabolism, reasonably active, skinny. That turned into desk job, highly inactive, fat.

My diet didn't even change. I still eat reasonably well but the sedentary job with long hours means its difficult to shrink.

I wish someone had the balls years ago to tell me I was stacking on weight when I'd have been much more able to change it. Now its a daunting prospect.

I partly blame the PC culture of not telling people theyre fat, lest you make them sad. I also accept that I am the only one who can change it.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

World's top Modern Warfare 3 player.

Many here would call him an athlete..!

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

How did you develop into such a rude cunt?
Kim might be a big lad but I don't care how slim you are - you're a total waste of space.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

"...I can do it so why can't you"

The answer to that is: They don't care enough or are to lazy. Losing weight may not be simple, but it's certainly is doable for any kind of weight, if you put in the effort.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

I would imagine the answer is in the summary - by becoming the world's top Modern Warfare III player, but regardless joking aside it's a stupid question.

This is really what's wrong with Slashdot, people spend all day here bitching government this, government that, complaining about the little guy getting fucked for things that bankers get away with day in day out and declaring the music and film industry the devil, and arguing vehemently that things like linking should not be copyright infringement.

Then when someone puts his liberty on the line, whether coupled with a profit motive or not everyone is like "Oh look he's fat, let's focus on that".

Honestly, if you guys want to know why your pet causes never get anywhere, and why things seem to be getting worse and worse, I'll tell you, it's because you're your own worst enemies. You are the sociopaths you hate, you're all Bill Gates' and Mark Zuckerbergs, albeit without any of the actual financial success.

So shut up and start asking decent questions, or accept that your insistence on being horrible to everyone and anyone is the reason no one listens to you and your pet causes.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah? Well I never played sports, I smoked for 15 years and have had tech jobs where I sit for long periods of time since I was 16 years old. Guess what? I still found time to exercise, stopped eating junk food in my mid 20s and stopped smoking at 31. I am 37 now and in the best shape of my life with a BMI of 22.5, blood pressure of 110/70, optimal blood test values and zero health issues. I run 12km each morning with ease.

GP is right. People like you are just weak-willed, lazy slobs with a crap diets.

Re: phys

[Anonymous Coward]

Cry moar fatboy

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

I smoked for 15 years and have had tech jobs where I sit for long periods of time since I was 16 years old. ... I run 12km each morning with ease.

Good for you. My commute is 1.5 hours. I get up at 6, leave at 6:30 and I'm in the office by 8am. Work until 7-ish (if I'm lucky) and then start the 1.5 hour commute back home to arrive at 8:30pm. Quick dinner, shower. Sleep and repeat.

Life at a startup.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm up at 4:30 to go for my morning run, back home by 5:15 and out the door to work by 5:45. I usually work from 6:00 to 18:00, with a 30 minute lunch break, a 30 minute "tea" break and several 5 minute walking breaks (sitting for too long is very bad for you). I arrive back home at around 18:15, have dinner then have supper later at 20:00 and in bed by 21:30.

What I'm noticing about your schedule is you seem to have unhealthy eating habits. Instead of having 3 large meals, you should be having 6 smaller meals a day. You also seem to sleep more than the recommend 7 hours, which can make you more tired and adversely affect your health.

Re:phys

[Anonymous Coward]

The only waste of space here is you for encouraging an unhealthy lifestyle. It's pretty obvious that Kim Dotcom NEEDS a good reality check and ass kicking to motivate him into getting fit. It's something called "tough love".

Re:phys

[tehcyder]

I'm up at 4:30 to go for my morning run, back home by 5:15 and out the door to work by 5:45. I usually work from 6:00 to 18:00, with a 30 minute lunch break, a 30 minute "tea" break and several 5 minute walking breaks (sitting for too long is very bad for you). I arrive back home at around 18:15, have dinner then have supper later at 20:00 and in bed by 21:30.

Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.

Re: phys

[Anonymous Coward]

So you love him or is it possible that you're just being a condescending cunt ?

Gamergate

[Anonymous Coward]

What are your thoughts on Gamergate?

Re:Gamergate

[squiggleslash]

As a follow up, what are your thoughts on the death of Travon Martin, what are your feelings about Islam (both radical and non-radical), and which is the one true text editor, vi or EMACS?

Re:Gamergate

[Anonymous Coward]

Silly Squiggleslash. You should have added Social Justice Warriors to that list!

Re:Gamergate

[Anonymous Coward]

which is the one true text editor, vi or EMACS?

Trick question, the correct answer is ed.

Re:Gamergate

[Dins]

Silly Squiggleslash. You should have added Social Justice Warriors to that list!

I think if he answers the GP's questions, we will also be able to deduce his position on SJWs.

Just one:

[Opportunist]

Was it worth it?

Re:Just one:

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd suggest the $67,000,000 in assets he keeps would suggest it was. It's not as if he's living behind bars terrified of dropping soap in a communal shower.

Re:Just one:

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd suggest the $67,000,000 in assets he keeps would suggest it was.

He also has a really hot wife.

Re:Just one:

[Anonymous Coward]

Had. For dubious values of "had."

Re:Just one:

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd suggest the $67,000,000 in assets he keeps would suggest it was.

He also has a really hot wife.

Had. Apparently having the cops bust down your door is harmful to ones marriage.

Re:Just one:

[Anonymous Coward]

Hahahahaaa! Prison rape, aren't you clever!

Re:Just one:

[Anonymous Coward]

Had. Apparently having the cops bust down your door is harmful to ones marriage.

Okay, then here are two questions for Kim:
1. Has Mona started dating again?
2. What is her phone number?

End game

[Sigvatr]

Do you foresee an eventual end game to copyright infringement legislation in the future, or a moment when copyright holders throw their hands in the air and give up for good?

Re:End game

[tehcyder]

And if the copyright laws were scrapped tomorrow, what would you do to earn an honest living?

Hmmm

[MightyMartian]

Were you born a criminal sociopath and con-artist, or did you evolve into one?

Re:Hmmm

[slashmydots]

And on the same topic, why are you such an unbearable, arrogant, fat bastard that everyone in the world universally hates?

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

What is it with six digit IDs? When did you guys all become cranky old reactionaries?

Re:Hmmm

[MightyMartian]

We just see Dotcom for what he is, a con artist who paints on a thin veneer of anti-establishment rhetoric to legitimize what always end up being criminal operations.

Oh, and get off my lawn!

Re:Hmmm

[dissy]

Were you born a criminal sociopath and con-artist, or did you evolve into one?

He was born a criminal, just like you, just like me, just like all of us.

Re:Hmmm

[andrewa]

Those whippersnappers... always complaining...

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Six digit accounts are from a time when people still knew the history of that fat backstabbing bastard. There's more information in German, because he earned his reputation in Germany, but here is a short glimpse in English.

Re:Hmmm

[drinkypoo]

We just see Dotcom for what he is, a con artist who paints on a thin veneer of anti-establishment rhetoric to legitimize what always end up being criminal operations.

So what you're saying is, against the law baaaaaad.

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Jealous losers that though they'd be rich by now, and can't bear the reality they're just another desk jocky still living with their parents.

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

What you seem to be saying is that you support a criminal. Not surprising with Slashdot full of paranoid, anti-civilization, hopeless square-pegs these days.

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Definitely, I remember when all the MegaUpload stuff started hitting the news and I said: "What, *that* asshole from the 90s?"

Alas, I should've gotten an account just so that I'd have a low number. (Although that didn't work out great for ICQ, so I guess I just "invested" wrong.)

Re:Hmmm

[Powercntrl]

Were you born a criminal sociopath and con-artist, or did you evolve into one?

You may personally dislike the guy, but running a public cloud storage service isn't supposed to be illegal. The service had substantial, non-infringing uses, which was previously the litmus test for whether a product exists solely to enable copyright infringement. Otherwise, we wouldn't have things like photocopiers, tape recorders, MP3 players, VCRs, DVRs, cameras, and pretty much every form of blank media.

Megaupload was used quite extensively for storing open source projects and homebrew Android ROMs. That alone should've demonstrated the service had substantial, non-infringing uses.

I understand that Megaupload was allegedly not acting on DMCA takedown requests as promptly as they should've. Still, that seems like something that should be handled with fines, not going all Gestapo by seizing the domain and servers. You wouldn't torch a restaurant to the ground for failing a health inspection, would you?

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

You may personally dislike the guy, but running a public cloud storage service isn't supposed to be illegal.

You may sympathize with his latest business-venture, but a history of self-aggrandizement, scamming, hacking, and theft (not just infringement) are great reasons to dislike the guy.

Re:Hmmm

[MightyMartian]

Defending Dotcom is like defending a known fraudster because "this time, it really isn't a scam!"

Anyone who puts legitimate important data on one of Dotcom's sites deserves what they get.

Re:Hmmm

[rtb61]

Well, no. That idea is wildly incorrect, psychopaths and narcissists are born not made. With lots of extra effort and careful well managed upbringing their poor behaviour can be moderated but never eliminated. They are basically born with emotional social learning disabilities, the narcissists born with a lack of autonomic empathic response (a emotional learning trigger that teaches them to become a part of a human society ie sharing emotions) with the psychopath also lacking a full range of emotions (brain chemical states they simply can never achieve except via medication).

So current statistics on psychopaths, 1% of general population, 20% of prison population and 50% of violent crimes (those statistics are continuing to rise as more testing is done). So absolutely most definitely not true that all people are born criminals, in reality only a tiny percentage are but the commit many crimes and create many victims, hence they impact is far greater than their number and it makes it seem like the whole human race is corrupt when it is only a tiny minority.

Re: Hmmm

[Salis]

Hmmm, low-digit Slashdot accounts just mean you've been a nerd for a very long time ...

Re:Hmmm

[BiggerIsBetter]

Still, that seems like something that should be handled with fines, not going all Gestapo by seizing the domain and servers

Going after the domain and servers sucks. But going after his home and family is fucking inexcusable.

Re: Hmmm

[IMightB]

I've been reading /. Before they even had accounts. What does that make me?

Re:Hmmm

[meta-monkey]

Depends.

One can (and I frequently do) make a case that drugs should not be illegal, and it is not morally wrong to produce, distribute, or consume them.

Bill believes this too. He grows weed and sells it for a profit. He shies away from dealing in hard drugs because while he believes one should have the legal right to choose to poison themselves with heroin, he's not willing to be a party to it. He would love to see an end to the war on drugs so he can open a legitimate pot farm or storefront. You could even give him some "responsible" or "altruistic" features like primarily targeting cancer patients who need it for medicinal purposes, and refusing to sell to kids because he's concerned the effects of THC on developing minds are not adequately studied. Still, though, he engages in a criminal enterprise in which he turns a profit.

Jim doesn't give he a shit about the morality of drugs. Where there is a black market there is money to be made. He'll sling anything. Weed, black tar heroin, crack cocaine, meth, fuck it, so long as it makes bank. If anyone O.D.s or generally ruins their life using one of his products, fuck them, he doesn't care. He may say it's all about "stickin' it to the man," but at the end of the day all he really cares about is the money. He engages in a criminal enterprise which turns a profit.

Both of these people engage in criminal operations to turn profits. Which one is a "criminal sociopath?"

Re:Hmmm

[meta-monkey]

That idea is wildly incorrect, psychopaths and narcissists are born not made.

Is that true? I was under the impression this was still an active area of research, and that whether the cause of psychopathy is a genetic issue or a developmental issue is very much up for debate.

Re:Hmmm

[rtb61]

Only up for debate by psychopaths, just like global warming, just like austerity economics, just like uncontrolled capitalism and what ever other disingenuous debates psychopaths like to foster in order to continue their egoistic destructive criminal enterprises. http://www.medicaldaily.com/co... as an example. They should be identified at the earliest possible age and tracked, to ensure all who come in contact with them are aware who they are.

Re:Hmmm

[meta-monkey]

No, that's not what your article says at all. And I don't think the article correctly expresses the conclusions of the study about which it reports.

The article opens with the line "Psychopaths...may be born with physical abnormalities in their brains..." (emphasis added).

Thereafter they report the findings of the study, which merely addresses the differences discovered in the brains of psychopaths. I don't doubt this, and I don't think many do. The primary mechanisms which give rise to psychopathy are almost certainly neurological. But never again in the article do they discuss the cause of the psychopathic brain structure, and nothing in the summary of the paper indicates the researchers addressed the causes at all.

So, psychopaths have different brain structure than non-psychopaths. But what causes a brain to exhibit those mechanisms? Can a healthy baby's brain turn into a psychopathic brain because of developmental reasons, like poor nutrition or childhood abuse and neglect? Or is it genetic, and are they actually born that way?

The article you linked says they may be, and that may be the case, but I think it's an example of poor reporting. The study concludes with: "Evidence of robust structural brain differences between persistently violent men with and without psychopathy adds to the evidence that psychopathy represents a distinct phenotype." They specifically call it a phenotype, and not a genotype. The study does not seem to address the cause of the difference in gray matter between those with and without psychopathy.

I do not believe one can reasonably say that "psychopaths are born." Given the current state of research, it seems most reasonable to say that some are likely born with genetic predispositions to psychopathy, and it is then likely that environmental factors during development result in psychopathy.

Re:Hmmm

[rtb61]

Just like I said, only up for debate by psychopaths. It is going to be a different world when the psychopaths can no longer hide and are actively excluded from all roles of governance, control and influence.

Re:Hmmm

[meta-monkey]

I think we agree that psychopathy is neurological, right? It's a manifestation of a defective brain. And we could do brain scans to detect this condition.

But you said "psychopaths are born not made."

That is not known.

The conditions that produce the psychopathic brain are still up for debate. There are only moderate links to psychopathy from genetic markers. There are much stronger links from environmental factors, like abuse and neglect.

So, if your idea is to scan the brains of adults to see if they're psychopaths, that's possible.

But if you think you can genetically test babies and say "oh, this one's going to be a psychopath" then you're wrong.

And I really don't understand what makes you say it's "only up for debate by psychopaths." Who are these psychopaths, and what, exactly, are they arguing?

Re:Hmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, that must be it.

And yet for all of his wealth, he's still a fat, ugly criminal who is going to die due to health complications long before I will. Sorry, but I value life over money.

Plus, I'll be able to shit on his grave and there will be nothing he can do to stop it.

Re:Hmmm

[tehcyder]

We just see Dotcom for what he is, a con artist who paints on a thin veneer of anti-establishment rhetoric to legitimize what always end up being criminal operations.

So what you're saying is, against the law baaaaaad.

The default position should be that breaking the law is bad, yes. And breaking it solely to make money is never justified. If a law is bad, you get it changed.

People on slashdot seem to think of Kim Dotcom as a modern day Rosa Parks, except better because he's a multi-millionaire.

Re:Hmmm

[tehcyder]

Were you born a criminal sociopath and con-artist, or did you evolve into one?

He was born a criminal, just like you, just like me, just like all of us.

Speak for yourself, psychopath.

How bad are the Data caps in NZ?

[Anonymous Coward]

How bad are the Data caps in NZ?

Re:How bad are the Data caps in NZ?

[Anonymous Coward]

How bad are the Data caps in NZ?

Bad,

Although now most ISPs offer an unlimited data option, there is no competition in the price (they are mostly within $5 - $10 dollars of each other) many have traffic shaping policies (although many say they have that in the T & Cs just incase but don't "actively" enforce it.

Posting anon as I have moderated.

Re:How bad are the Data caps in NZ?

[MoaDweeb]

Spark (aka Telecom) ADSL Incl. landline:

Up to 10 Mbps down & 1 Mbps up.
40 Gb $79
80 GB $89
Unlimited $99

Naked Unlimited $89

So what's it like?

[Anonymous Coward]

So what's it like being an epic, self aggrandizing douchebag?

Re:So what's it like?

[stoned_ritual]

Probably the same feeling as being an idiot that uses the word "epic" to describe every day happenstance.

Re:So what's it like?

[Anonymous Coward]

There is a certain level of asshole behavior which requires being a millionaire, and most especially a millionaire who got that way from being shady.

Sorry, but Kim Dotcom truly is an epic douchebag.

Whereas you, are just a garden variety moron.

Re:So what's it like?

[tehcyder]

Probably the same feeling as being an idiot that uses the word "epic" to describe every day happenstance.

No, Kim Dotcom is far from an every day fuckwit. He truly takes fuckwittery to an epic level.

Photo Op

[Anonymous Coward]

If we are ever visiting in New Zealand, can we get a picture with you?

Re:Photo Op

[war4peace]

You wouldn't fit.

Re:Photo Op

[GameboyRMH]

Two words: Panorama mode.

Re:Photo Op

[war4peace]

You still wouldn't fit.

Exposure

[StikyPad]

Every time someone says the name "Kim," I now say "Dotcom." But nobody ever gets it, because nobody has heard of you. Then I have to explain it, and they're like "file sharing what?" and it's all very confusing and anti-climatic. Much like this post. Please gain more publicity so that people laugh at my nerdy references.

Use your money to expose their crimes

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly, the people after kim are criminals. Why don't you use your money to "get the goods" on them and expose their crimes?

Re:Use your money to expose their crimes

[Anonymous Coward]

Because the US government seized the money in order to prevent him from using it for anything?

Still playing Destiny or not?

[Anonymous Coward]

nt

Most of these posts just suck!

[Anonymous Coward]

So Kim, give us some indication of your path going forward against the powers of the US Government? Personally, I think its behavior has been egregious in the extreme.

Guest speaker

[Java Pimp]

We're holding a conference on file sharing in Baltimore later this summer and we were wondering if you'd like to be a guest speaker?

Thanks.

Re:Guest speaker

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice try Mr. FBI man!

Re:Guest speaker

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you kidding? Do you not get what mega upload was? They *paid* people to upload content, and then *charged* for it - netting hundreds of millions. does that sound like the kind of ethos you're interested in?

Re:Guest speaker

[guestapoo]

New Zealand, member of 'Five Eyes'!
When he is living in New Zealand, no need to lure him to any-Balti-more!

Mega

[Anonymous Coward]

Was there ever a plan make money with Mega by bundling malware to downloads as Sourceforge is doing?

Re:Mega

[Anonymous Coward]

Good one!

Re:Mega

[nazsco]

Hi megaupload public relations person.

Re:Mega

[nazsco]

Why are you spamming this question over and over, megaupload public relations person?

How...

[Anonymous Coward]

did you become such a fat fuck? Cheetos or twinkies?

Re:How...

[nazsco]

asking the important questions.

Re:How...

[war4peace]

I'm guessing both. At the same time. On top of a dozen other equally fattening products. For breakfast.

Train wreck inc

[grasshoppa]

Ya, this will end well.

After reading the first dozen questions...

[tompaulco]

After reading the first dozen questions, how many million years would you say it would be before you ever agree to answer questions from slashdot posters again?

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[Minwee]

After reading the first dozen questions, how many million years would you say it would be before you ever agree to answer questions from slashdot posters again?

I predict it will be some time after Anita Sarkeesian and Brianna Wu agree to an "Ask Slashdot".

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[vux984]

Yup; its an embarrassment to associated with this site right now.

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[dugancent]

It's an embarrassment to have a ask Slashdot featuring Kim Dotcom.

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[vux984]

It's an embarrassment to have a ask Slashdot featuring Kim Dotcom.

Touche.

Still.... we're just being represented by the idiots and trolls on this one.

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[ArhcAngel]

The questions read like they were pulled directly from a The Oatmeal comic.

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[Coren22]

That would be...interesting...

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you fucking kidding me?

With all of the ridiculously non "news for nerds" stuff that appears on this site since the dice acquisition, you're going to pick a fight against an ask Slashdot of Kim Dotcom? This is exceptionally relevant to the tech community, far moreso than how IBM is helping to fashion a "smarter planet" or whatever tautological benign platitude advertisements they're plastering around websites this month.

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[Anonymous Coward]

I am from NZ and I would trust him over our PM. Kim Dotcom has clearly done some things just to be nice, even if other times his actions have been quite bad. John Key is clearly motivated only ever by personal gain, and that is outside the illegal spying, selling us off to Hollywood, using the public service to undermine the opposition and knowingly have his Chief of Staff hack the oppositions computer system(which faces a 7 year jail sentence by law but did not even get so much as a slap on the wrist from the police.)

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[Xest]

Yeah because it's not like the Slashdot crowd have anything in common with someone who has a problem with overarching US governmental efforts to apply universal jurisdiction outside of their authority, who thinks that linking shouldn't be copyright infringement, and that believes someone needs to stand up and stick it to the RIAA/MPAA.

Wait, are you sure you're on the right site?

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[Anonymous Coward]

heh i havent bothered to find my login since late 90's

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[quenda]

And would you rather be questioned by Talkie Toaster?

Re:After reading the first dozen questions...

[dugancent]

His problem is with getting caught. It's sad that no one remembers that lying thieving bastard he was known to be just a few years ago. Forget about him claiming to hack Bin Laden?

He's opportunistic. He's anti-govenement, copyright stance is nothing but ruse to gather people to his side and to make him more money.

Is the U.S. Targeting you because of

[Anonymous Coward]

Your strategic reserve of grease-laden tit sweat?

Disclaimer

[Anonymous Coward]

Should have been a disclaimer on this one against flaming. Even when Kim is barely mentioned on slashdot you'll get 200+ posts calling him fat asshole hoping he gets the electric chair.

Anyway, I'll keep my question light, ask him if he ever misses living in Germany. I know his mom is still there and he isn't allowed to see her.

P.s. you're going to need to write a script to parse out all comments containing the word fat, asshole, etc after this runs it's course. Or it'll be too annoying to read them all.

Mega Technique

[Anonymous Coward]

I've seen some criticism from open source advocates and hackers that Mega can't be trusted because the source isn't available.
What assurance could you give someone to the point that their files may not be kept secret while hosted on your platform?

Chins?

[Anonymous Coward]

How many chins do you have now, and how many did you have surgically removed?

Any regrets?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or is being a rat just part of the game to you?

Mana party.

[Anonymous Coward]

You created the "internet party" as a fight against privacy laws being tramped in your adopted country, helped shape policy and pushed for "digital rights" not just for yourself but others.

Yet your "party" formed an alliance with the "mana party" who once claimed that broadband was stealing the soul of the country and sought compensation from the Govt, a party who has never gotten more the 1.30% of the popular vote, Nationalisation of monopolies and duopolies (which means they will never get any business votes, and which constricts their only policy of "for the people" (aren't people allowed to make profit?)

I was absolutely with the "internet party" and digital rights, until they made a coalition with the "mana" party.

Was this a choice that you had a part in for the betterment of the political party you bankrolled, or was this out of control?

Re:Mana party.

[MoaDweeb]

That makes the Mana Party about twice as popular as the ACT party at the last election and ACT have a seat.

Seen the policies from the far-right that ACT have had pushed through over the last three parliaments?

Would Mana be able to do the same thing when they were expressly excluded from a coalition by both major parties?

Re:Mana party.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll answer that for you, since its a fairly easy question to answer.

the Internet Party needed to get 5% of the party vote, or win an electoral seat. Neither was going to happen so they struck an agreement with the Mana Party.

The Mana Party was able to win an electoral seat, ensuring them entry into government, so by merging with Mana and bankrolling them, both parties combined should of been able to get into government and rather than have the 1 Mana seat, they'd get more MP's by increasing their party vote.

Mana wins because they get more MPs and thus more voting power in parliament.
Internet Party wins because they actually get into government.

Kim Dotcom wins because any government formed with his bankrolled party would provide him with political immunity from extradition to the US.
Thats the reason why Kim suddenly got interested in politics, because the minister of justice can veto an extradition order on any grounds they like. Which of course would be the unspoken rule of forming a coalition with the IMP.

Fortunately most kiwi's could see through that ruse, and their previously safe seat was lost to someone running a campaign dedicated against them. Removing their one way in as they only received about 1.3% of the 5% required for entry by party vote.

His motives were transparent to all.
How people can think that suddenly a foreigner who had no interest in national politics, suddenly (after facing extradition to the US), decides that his highest calling in life is to create a political internet party and invest most of his non-frozen funds into.

Anyone who thinks hes a saint because hes screwing over the "asshole media industry" is clearly not looking at who he is.
Hes an asshole who'll screw over anybody and everybody. An even greater arsehole than the media industry.
He refused to pay his staff of his mansion even the minimum wage
He used contractors to make improvements to his mansion worth tends of thousands of dollars, then refused to pay them saying he was too poor. All while bankrolling his political party to the tune of 3.5million+, and promoting his Album with advertising over 100 thousand.
Hes lied in court to try and get an elected MP convicted of a crime and it worked when the judge took his side. Only for it to be over turned when it was proven he was full of shit.
He went on and on about how he had evidence that would prove our prime minister was lying about having connections to Hollywood, and he'd reveal it just days before the election. Only to show a email that was so clearly faked that not even his die hard followers would promote it.

The guy is a large sack of shit. The sooner hes ejected from NZ, the better off we'll be.

Lube or no lube?

[Anonymous Coward]

How do you like Hollywood rule of law?

Morality, ethics and religion

[chadenright]

What is your opinion on morality, ethics, and religion?

License Plates

[Chadz]

Can you send me one of your awesome license plates. Pretty epic. Also, how does one acquire vanity plates like that?

the elephant in the room

[nazsco]

i know it, you know it, everyone knows it. While megaupload was great, most of the content there was illegal *for the users*. I'm not saying the carrier should ever be penalized for it... but regardless of law, what are your thoughts on the ethics of it? What if at the time you were a music wirter or a indie game developer instead of Kim Dotcom, how would you have felt about your company?

What is prison / Jail like in NZ and what do you g

[Anonymous Coward]

What is prison / Jail like in NZ and what do you get there?

Good TV?

Internet?

Food?

Doctors?

Modern Warfare 3

[Spy Handler]

Did you achieve your rank all by yourself, or were there other people you shared your account with?

What is your favorite...
-Game type? (Team Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, etc)
-Loadout
-Perks

Any other comments or stories you'd like to share about your COD experience?

Re:Modern Warfare 3

[Anonymous Coward]

This is such an inspired question! I am an AC, but I would mod if I could mod.

What could possibly ...

[Anonymous Coward]

We're holding a conference on file sharing in Baltimore later this summer and we were wondering if you'd like to be a guest speaker?

Yean, travel to America. Great idea. What could possibly go wrong?

Or more accurately, what could possibly induce Kim Dotcom to travel to a country owned by the special interests that have called for his head, and are trying every legal and extra-legal method they can to financially break him without a trial (no presumption of innocence) and ultimately imprison him (after what may well amount to a Kangaroo trial)?

Seriously, while I've never liked the guy's public persona, or used his services, he's entitled to due process (not the chirade that passes for "due process" in today's American police state). The unconstitional behavior of the US government at the behest of the country's copyright cartels should frighten everyone out of their wits. Today Kim Dotcom, tomorrow maybe you, whether or not you're actually guilty of anything.

Re:What could possibly ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Or more accurately, what could possibly induce Kim Dotcom to travel to a country owned by the special interests that have called for his head, and are trying every legal and extra-legal method they can to financially break him without a trial (no presumption of innocence) and ultimately imprison him (after what may well amount to a Kangaroo trial)?

I didn't realize there are kangaroos in New Zealand. I thought they only lived in Australia.

Re:What could possibly ...

[tehcyder]

You probably missed the whoosh as it was so far above your head.

How much ...

[maestroX]

... did you pay for the Modern Warfare 3 ranking?
(once a cheater, always a cheater)

go ahead, mod me down wannabe gangsta hackers

Hello Kim

[Rinikusu]

Can I have a million dollars? I have no story or noble cause. I just think a million dollars would make my day more amazing.

Re:Hello Kim

[nitehawk214]

Only if your cause is two chicks at the same time.

Re:Hello Kim

[Rinikusu]

I have no qualms with this condition.

Re:Name?

[Anonymous Coward]

Because kim.com is still his site.

Have you considered purchasing 4chan?

[Anonymous Coward]

4chan founder moot has said he is interested in selling the site. Have you considered purchasing it since you seem like you'd be a good fit for it?

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/4chans-overlord-christopher-poole-reveals-why-he-walked-away-20150313

Perspective on jurisdictionally conflicting laws

[Capt.Gingi]

What are your thoughts on the conflict of laws between jurisdictions with specific regard to how countries like the U.S. can claim jurisdiction over the actions of people and business in other countries if U.S. citizens seek to use the internet to purchase or use services not available in their own country?

We're talking "real" crime here, folks.

[Anonymous Coward]

So what you're saying is, against the law baaaaaad.

So you're saying hacking, scamming, and theft (yes, actual theft, not just copyright infringement) is goooooood?

Re:We're talking "real" crime here, folks.

[Anonymous Coward]

What did he hack, who did he scam, and what has he literally stolen? Citations, motherfucker, they are needed!

Re:We're talking "real" crime here, folks.

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.wired.com/2012/01/kim-dotcom/

A lot of the firmest first-hand data (i.e. hard convictions) are probably in German.

End to End Crypto

[psyclone]

Is there a market in the world for strong cryptographic file sharing? Meaning only the end users control their private keys and the "network" just connects users -- it never knows the keys.

Or does that only work on the small scale such as one user sharing some files with a few friends. If that same user shared those files with ten thousand friends, then would the sharing would be public as the keys would be "leaked" by nature of lots of people having them? (And thus those files could be examined for copyright infringement.)

Re:Name?

[Anonymous Coward]

when he goes bankrupt for the final legal backlash, it's gonna be kim dot org soon.

Uhm, Telelconferencing

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, like Snowden did. And many many others before him.

If you think he HAS to do it in person.... Slashdot may not be the website for you.

Q:

[doug141]

What do you teach your children about fairness, morality, and legal authorities?

Ethics

[goombah99]

Sside from all the niceties of whether copying does or doesn't take the original from its owner, or whether one is legally entitled to copy something, isn't the basic notion of copying or making available someone else's works, for which they fully wish to have a copyright, ethically wrong?

Re:Ethics

[Anonymous Coward]

You can't push aside the basis for copyright then ask if violating copyright is ethically wrong. It is akin to saying, aside from the fact that war crimes are illegal and that they contribute to some of the greatest of human suffering without any consent even considered, are war crimes ethically wrong?

There is no answer to that question because there is nothing left in it. You tore everything out to set up a situation where there appears to be only one viable answer left when, in fact, you have even removed that answer too.

Re:Ethics

[vux984]

isn't the basic notion of copying or making available someone else's works, for which they fully wish to have a copyright, ethically wrong?

You tell me.

Person A writes a song and plays it on the radio.

Scenario 1
Person B hears it, likes it, and wishes to play it on the piano at home. He listens to it a few times, figures out the melody, etc (1) Is this ethically wrong?

Scenario 2,3,4
Person B hears it, likes it, and wishes to learn to play it on his piano at home. He's not as good as the person B in scenario 1 though and can't figure it out.

Person C however figures it it out, rights down a piano arrangement on sheet music for Person B to use Is that unethical? He realizes lots of people would like his sheet music so he posts it online. Is that unethical? Can the original artists wish that the arrangement not be distributed have force?

Scenario 4.
Copyright is what ... 75 years now? What if the original artist wants it to last 100 years. Is it unethical to copy his music after the copyright expires. Sure it would be LEGAL... but it still violates his -wishes-.

Scenario 5
What if he wishes to transfer copyright to an incorporated trust that lasts forever and the trust as the new copyright owner wishes for the copyright to last forever... is the basic notion of copying or making available the work, even 500 years from now, given the trust still exists and still fully wishes that you not copy it... is it ethically wrong to copy it?

Re:Ethics

[goombah99]

yes, and if you don't like the laws change them.

Re:Ethics

[Opportunist]

Do I look like I could afford a Senator?

Re:Ethics

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know, because I make a living from creating IP yet don't see why I need copyrights to protect me.

I get paid a salary to constantly churn out new code, I get paid to be there, to plan, to offer advice, and to lead.

I don't know why, as a software developer, I'd need copyright. I don't see why most other industries are any different. I don't see why a musician needs to be able to make a living by only ever playing a song once and selling copies after that, I don't see why they can't just turn up to perform live more often. If they're concerned that tribute acts could do the same and prevent them making a living, then they may wish to consider that there's nothing special enough about their talent to demand the income from what they want to do that they demand.

I don't see why entire classes of job should be given legal protection against market forces over and above every other job, I don't see why entire classes of job should be given a legal monopoly that allows them to be paid far more than their worth, for far lower effort than other jobs require.

I don't see why copyright should grant failed business models protection and a guarantee of income, when other failed business models are left to fail. I don't see why a musician should be allowed to make a fortune off a song, when the market wouldn't naturally support it, yet someone that wants to make plastic toys for a living doesn't get to charge the kid each time he plays with that toy.

So you tell me, is it ethically wrong that copyright exists to allow some people to make money from their life choices without having to hand something back to the market to justify the incomes they wish to make from it whilst everyone else has to put up and shut up with the jobs they end up in? Is it ethically wrong that people actually work for a living want to enjoy some form of entertainment made by someone whose put very little effort in whilst not being willing to pay a price that's a couple of orders of magnitude above it's actual worth only because their government has granted them the right to do so?

No, to me it's not ethically wrong, on the contrary. I do not see anything wrong with people who work hard for 40 hours a week to get paid $50,000 a year refusing to support the lifestyle of someone who only works about an hour a week on average and earns anywhere between $500,000 and $5,000,000 a year. I do not prescribe to this idea that people like musicians are special people simply because the law says so and they deserve to make more by contributing less. I can live a decent life without ever listening to a musician's work, but I can't live a decent life without the bin man coming to collect my garbage, the nurse that makes me better, or the people that produce my food. I don't see anything ethically wrong in refusing to support wealthy lifestyles for people that ultimately don't matter and whose goods should really be a cheap throwaway luxury, whilst people that do have to get by on far less whilst doing far more work. I don't see anything ethically wrong in that whatsoever.

Through most of human history entertaining with music, story and acting is something that was done for the enjoyment of it. No one owes musicians et. al. anything and they should be glad if they can even make a pittance doing what they enjoy - most people have to get by doing something they don't enjoy to be able to even afford to live.

Politics - Internet Party and the TPP

[vinn]

So you've recently taken a foray into politics with the formation of the Internet Party. What are your thoughts about what's needed to actually improve New Zealand politics? One of the stated goals of the Internet Party is to review the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, which has recently become a hot topic in the US as well. What are your thoughts on the TPP?

Poliitics

[AK Marc]

Why do you think the Internet Party didn't do as well as hoped?

Re:I've got a good one.

[Revek]

Hey! That was my question.

Santa Dotcom

[Chadz]

Can I have your Santa Dotcom hat? Was pimp. Will Santa Dotcom make a return?

If you could rewrite copyright

[NotInHere]

What would be your proposed copyright ruleset, so that content producers still can live off their creations?

The fence's warehouse

[goombah99]

You may personally dislike the guy, but running a public cloud storage service isn't supposed to be illegal. The service had substantial, non-infringing uses, which was previously the litmus test for whether a product exists solely to enable copyright infringement.

Much as a Fencing operation or a chop shop might occupy similar premises to legitimate businesses?

Re:The fence's warehouse

[Powercntrl]

Much as a Fencing operation or a chop shop might occupy similar premises to legitimate businesses?

Bad analogy. A fencing operation or chop shop is taking possession of stolen property and re-selling it. It was more like Megaupload was a strip mall and they leased out space to legitimate businesses and a few chop shops.

eBay essentially gets away with the same thing (and takes 10% on each sale). You don't honestly think all these iPhones are from people who just forgot their iCloud password, do you?

Re:The fence's warehouse

[goombah99]

I see, so it's like a landlord that turns a blind eye to the crackhouse running in one of his units.

Re:The fence's warehouse

[PatientZero]

No, a crack house in a mall would be immediately obvious as a mall only has a hundred or so stores. That's very easy to police.

It's more like a Public Storage with 180 million units containing 12 billion items where some percentage of them are illicit. Every so often the someone points out an infringing item and asks that it be removed. And every so often those items are not actually infringing.

You're a public figure charged with a crime...

[Anonymous Coward]

What worthwhile tidbit can you tell us that your lawyer will allow and that we don't already know?

Plan B

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you have a contingency plan in place such as a planned rescue in the event you were to end up in the hands of the gangsters of the U.S. government?

US Gov

[Anonymous Coward]

If you could change just one thing about the United States goverment, what would it be?

Boxers, Briefs, or...

[Anonymous Coward]

Commando?

What would you change?

[Anonymous Coward]

What, if anything, would you do differently if you could relive your life? If America gets its way and has you imprisoned, what do you expect will be the changes to your outlook on life?

Do you plan on showing up for court?

[Nyder]

While I understand you do not want to be extradited, are you actually planning on showing up for trial if it happens? And what are you plans when the USA grabs you and puts you in jail at that point?

What's the difference between Megaupload and Xerox

[Anonymous Coward]

What is the fundamentally difference between a site like Megaupload and a device like a Xerox copier that causes courts, as in the case against Napster, to blame the manufacturer in one instance but not in the other. Is it strictly the magnitude of the offense? Is it a fear culture within government regarding technological advances?

best place to live & work

[pekeler]

I guess New Zealand isn't what you were hoping for in 2010. If you could, where to would you move now to live and work?

Re:What's the difference between Megaupload and Xe

[Anonymous Coward]

Oops! I forgot the question mark on that first sentence.

serious question

[Anonymous Coward]

Before you agreed to answer questions for Slashdot, did you have any idea that it had this many pompous, self-righteous assholes posting here?

What drives you to keep going?

[timrod]

I've seen many a file-sharing site shutter its doors or become overly restrictive after even the merest hint of action by law enforcement officials, doing things like requiring logins to upload or download, sometimes even requiring people to sign in via social media (4Shared). The end result is that a lot of these places become borderline unusable.

Unlike a lot of those website operators, you have personally been dragged out of your home by law enforcement and had actions taken against MegaUpload by the United States government. It could be argued that you have more to fear as a "face" of file-sharing that the Department of Justice would want to make an example out of than pretty much any other file-sharing or torrent tracker operator out there (apart from maybe the Pirate Bay founders).

So my question is this: What drives you to keep going with Mega after having such things happen to you? What kind of mindset does it take to (metaphorically) keep spitting in the face of the United States government after having them raid your house by proxy?

I fucking love Kim Dotcom

[Anonymous Coward]

He's a crook, a cheat, and a scoundrel and I couldn't possibly like him any more. Kim Dotcom isn't a bad guy, he's our bad guy and watching him flout the law, driving around in the spoils of his ill gotten gains, proudly sporting "HACKER" and "MAFIA" plates is a grand "FUCK YOU!" to the Big Bully governments and the corporate bootlickers that service them.
 
He's pure narcissist and you love to hate him - his ego as large as his waistline, of course - but I just can't help but to enjoy seeing him out-crook the entertainment industry and stand up to the dick waving of law enforcement. Sorry this wasn't a question.

He should make an account called:

[Anonymous Coward]

Kim Slashdotcom

Harre and Minto: stupid, or just venal?

[Anonymous Coward]

Are Laila Harre and John Minto stupid, or just venal?

Location, location, location

[nut]

If, hypothetically, you had emigrated to San Francisco USA rather than NZ and Megaupload had been a US-based company do you think it would have been more or less vulnerable to the kind of action it was shut down by? Bonus points for an insightful discussion of the value of political contributions, etc.

Giraffes!

[guestapoo]

How about your 'mega-neck' giraffes now?
It's New Zealand, do these 'giraffes' are actually giraffe, or another pouch-thingy marsupial behave-alike-giraffe?

Re: Name?

[Anonymous Coward]

Would you please buy dice.com and it's brethren and deshittify them? PLEASE

Re-phrase

[Anonymous Coward]

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll pop?

Finland

[rasjani]

What's your real connection to Finland? At one point there was lots of media coverage about german/finnish millionaire being busted and what not but besides of few photos of finnish in nz mantion and side remarks of your mother being a finn, there hasn't really been any proper statements from you and your ties with "juro" roots..

Re:Finland

[Anonymous Coward]

The only media coverage about his Finnish roots has been in the Finnish press, who will happily jump onto anything that ties the article to Finland and shove the factoid right into the headline, no matter how tenuous the link is.

Yes, that's how bad the press here is.

Why are you such a publicity whore?

[Anonymous Coward]

You know your products are designed to help end users violate copyright - why do you raise such a huge stink about being called on it?

When the inevitable happens, and you are sued, why are you surprised?

When you act like a douche, and get arrested for it, why weren't you prepared for that eventuality?

Lastly, why do you need so much money "unlocked" to pay your day-to-day expenses? I'm sure you could survive on "only" my annual salary per month. You don't need multiple times that amount, do you?

THIS QUESTION IS CRITICAL TO THE FATE OF HUMANITY

[Anonymous Coward]

... How many pennies can you balance on your elbow?

MegaCar

[colonwq]

At one time you drove your Megacar around Munich. Now manufactures are shipping chars with internet connectivity and mobile hot shot access. How do you feel this has vindicated your early attempt at this design.

Re:MegaCar

[Anonymous Coward]

INTERACTIVE.

Why Banks ?

[Bob A Trollmuncher]

What did you expect when you donated money to John Banks ? Were you expecting help when the various US three letter agencies came gunning for you at the behest of the *IAA ?

John Banks?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why did you give all that money to John Banks for his mayoral election campaign. Seriously WTF, it's John Banks?

Query.

[Anonymous Coward]

Most of these questions are lame. I'll get right to the important issues:

What, precisely, was your reaction upon Fallout 4 being confirmed?

Hey, Kim Schmitz!

[Anonymous Coward]

How much schvitz to you produce in order to squeeze into one of your sports cars?

bandwidth cap

[Espectr0]

does mega have a bandwidth cap? I'm pretty sure if i download something big, after 24 hours i get really slow speed (10KB/s) for 24 hours.

Do you still do Gumball 3000?

[metalheadsunite]

I went to the finish line party of Gumball 3000 this year and it reminded me of how many times you had been on the rally. When was the last time you went on the rally, and do you plan on going on another rally some day? Your enthusiasm for driving and the rally itself made many of the documentaries worth watching.

Your meeting(s) with John Banks

[Anonymous Coward]

What was the impetus for you and Banks to meet, and what were the topics and details and any mutual interests discussed at those meetings?

Wait... what?

[Okian Warrior]

It's an embarrassment to have a ask Slashdot featuring Kim Dotcom.

And why is that?

We're supposed to be the smart crowd in the internet, and pride ourselves in having open minds and hearing both sides.

Is it important to get information that wasn't delivered by the news outlets?

Is it important to give both sides a chance to tell their story?

Is it effective to make judgements based on arrest claims, and not on convictions?

The GP has it dead-on: these posted questions are an embarrassment to our community. You could fault sock puppets and spammers, but our moderation system is supposed to let us suppress the junk and let our true natures shine forth.

I am astonished at the crass and low-born nature of the posted questions.

I thought we were better than that - I honestly did.

Re:Wait... what?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, fuck off, Okian Warrior! Very few people on Slashdot possess above average intelligence. This website mostly caters to Linux zealots and FOSS extremists after all. Not exactly the cream of the crop. That aside, even intelligent, scientifically minded people don't give a shit about this fat tub of lard. He has a long, obese history of being a liar and a scumbag. Yet, here's Okian Warrior crying like a pussy, flaunting his faux moral superiority, "Awww... you guys should be fair, waaaaa. Maybe he's a good guy, victimized by the evil media." Again it must be said, fuck off. We see right though you, just like Kim Fatbomb.

Re:Wait... what?

[tehcyder]

I am astonished at the crass and low-born nature of the posted questions.

Did it not occur to you that it's because the majority of people here hate him and have no interest in getting his opinion on anything serious?

All over again

[Anonymous Coward]

You've ran into your fair share of hurdles in life - even before your much publicized recent legal problems. From your teenage digital 'escapades' while back in Germany to your (perhaps somewhat related?) lifestyle choices that led you to battle obesity, it seems that you've experienced your fair share of ups and downs. What do you believe led you to making those choices and to do it all over again, what would you have done anything differently?

Re:All over again

[Anonymous Coward]

As a follow-up question, what are your plans for the future, both professionally and personally?

What is the future of cyberlockers?

[Karmashock]

Seems the government can take them over, harass the devs, etc... so what is the future of them?

Is the best we can hope that you can set up new ones faster than they can destroy the old ones? Or can you establish a stable platform that can't really be attacked?

Have you considered

[Anonymous Coward]

Have you considered that the reason the FBI illegally confiscated your equipment was because someone had uploaded something incriminating against the US government, they couldn't order a take down, as you would get curious and look at it, so instead they trumped up some charges and then confiscated everything so no-one would ever know the truth.

There is history here you might not be aware of

[Anonymous Coward]

"Both sides"? For fuck's sake, kids, THIS ISN'T ABOUT MEGAUPLOAD!

Not only does the guy have a long history of hacking, theft, fraud, and embezzlement (both apparent and convicted) but this is the same asshole who tried to use 9/11 to get his fat face in the news with unproven claims that he'd hacked Osama Bin Laden's bank accounts.

Long before that, he was already trying to promote himself as some sort of hacker-extraordinare, which as you can imagine didn't go down very well.

I managed to find some proof that I already hated him back in 2003:

http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?240768-News-Looks-like-Kimble-of-Yihat-infamy-is-still-in-the-news&highlight=kimble

Re:There is history here you might not be aware of

[tehcyder]

Q: Why do most people hate Kim Dotcom at first sight?

A: It saves time.

(Original joke copyright Brian Clough, I believe).

Racetrack

[AK Marc]

When are you getting your cars back? You need to buy out the Taupo track for a day and invite everyone over.

Father my child.

[Anonymous Coward]

I am 32 and single, I have a PhD in Physics from one of the best universities in the world and am wealthy in my own right. Your size and intelligence appeals to me and I would like you to be the biological father of my child. You would not have any obligations whatsoever. Would you do it?

Re:Father my child.

[tehcyder]

I am 32 and single, I have a PhD in Physics from one of the best universities in the world and am wealthy in my own right. Your size and intelligence appeals to me and I would like you to be the biological father of my child. You would not have any obligations whatsoever. Would you do it?

This would involve visiting the US presumably?

Nice try G-man.

obstacles

[greenfruitsalad]

how many separate instances of businesses trying to please governments have you encountered so far in your mega.co.nz project? e.g. paypal/visa/mastercard refusing to process payments for the service.
and have you come across any that went the opposite way? i.e. going out of their way to help you

Why internet party instead of PIrate Party

[Anonymous Coward]

The international Pirate Party movement has many goals in common with your Internet Party, so why did you not join forces with them instead of starting your own party?

How much?

[Anonymous Coward]

How much porn did you "take" from megaupload?

Ok, here's some for Kimble

[Anonymous Coward]

Were you being even remotely honest when you created "YIHAT" to allegedly "go after bin Laden" post 9/11? Or were you just looking for another scam?

Why are you pretending you aren't Kimble?

Do you have any comments on attrition.org's dossier on you?

You said you were once a "famous hacker" in Germany. I have German friends who have never heard of you or your supposed exploits. Got any evidence to back up your claims of "leet hackerdom?"

Most and least

[DriveDog]

What have you done that you're the most and least proud of (or does that count as two questions)?

MEGA Storage

[frodobagginsfll]

How can you Mega afford giving 50 GB to everyone? P.S. MEGA is a gr8 service; keep up the good work. :wq

Abuse of the justice system

[metrix007]

The way the government went after you was an abuse of the system. Seizing your domains and assets before a court hearing, the raid, the fact that you were not doing anything illegal etc..Do you plan to use your resources to highlight this corruption and prevent it from happening to others?