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Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Case (stuff.co.nz)
BitterOak writes: Kim Dotcom has lost his extradition case in New Zealand, and will now (probably) have to face trial in the U.S. on charges of money laundering, racketeering, and copyright violation. Three of Dotcom's associates face extradition as well. "Although the U.S. didn't need to prove the charge, counsel had to at least prove there was an answerable case overseas to fulfil extradition requirements. Lawyers for the four argued that the court didn't have jurisdiction to order extradition and that copyright law showed they weren't required or expected to filter every single piece of copyrighted material on Mega." Dotcom's lawyers say they plan to appeal, which would see the case reviewed by New Zealand's High Court. All four will remain free on bail in the meantime.
How dare he provide an useful service at a reasonable cost? He's a monster, I tell ya!
Circumcision is child abuse.
Good luck to him.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
Soon he'll be off to the USA, to disappear within the US federal justice system on trumped up charges of breaking the law in a country he's never set foot inside of. A warning to the wise, just like it was with the British Empire, break our laws and we will find you no matter where on the globe you reside. USA Law is universal apparently.
Interestingly Kim Dotcom was creating his own much fairer music service/label before the seizure of the servers etc in January 2012.
Here is the best article I could find on google about it and the MegaUpload song takedown on YouTube.
There were questions about whether this was the real reason the takedown happened. For anyone who doesn't remember.
This is what the state of militarization of our police departments has caused. https://youtu.be/pMas0tWc0sg
This alone is sufficient cause for any sane court of law to deny extradition. Additionally, it provides more than sufficient justification for US citizens to assert their second amendment rights. We are in international embarrassment.
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People laughed at me when I wept over the fall of the Soviet Union, claiming that it ensured our freedom.
Wonder if they are still laughing.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
You'd be doing real well now if the Soviet Union was the only superpower.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
Not allowing nuclear POWERED vessels? If their objection was to the nuclear power, then that was a pretty dumb "moral stance" to take.
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Yeah, like that was in any way ever a scenario.
The only thing that keeps the current system afloat is that we don't have a "West" showing us just how much better we could have it.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
He should just admit that he is a Muslim, then rather than being forced to come to this country he will not be able to come to this country.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Just because he likes to use a catchy assumed name doesn't mean the rest of us have to observe it.
Set up the escrow. I'll take the 1:1,000,000. Count me in for $10.
I'll take $50 for the 1:10,000
I'll take $40 for the 1:100,000 if, by fair trial, you mean he doesn't have a successful appeal.
The rest are too subjective and you'll need to define them better.
In fact, I *am* a gambling man.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
And even the wholescale copyright infringement wouldn't be seen as acceptable like it is here.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
You'd be doing real well now if the Soviet Union was the only superpower.
Well done for completely missing his point. When the clearly flawed USSR existed, the West could legitimately say that (over all) it represented a better alternative.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
So it's like the "resisting arrest" charge when the person wasn't arrested for anything else. Conspiracy to commit a crime, when no other crime is charged shouldn't be a crime. One should have to be connected to a convicted crime for conspiracy to stick.
Utter bullshit. If (say) a group of terrorists plot to blow up a building, load up a van with Semtex and get caught on the way they are as guilty as if they'd gone ahead and exploded the bomb, and will be punished as such.
Same with armed robbers or kidnappers or any other crime.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
KDC is a guy who was using tech smart to disrupt a tired monopolistic industry, trying to drag it kicking and screaming into the 2st centurey, and is being punished for it, same way Uber is disrupting taxi services, and so on.
The similarity is that in both cases they skirt round the law to make money.
Not all of us consider making money the primary categorical imperative.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it