Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to the US
www.bbc.com
The internet entrepreneur faces several criminal charges in the US, including copyright infringement.
  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    312·
    3 months ago

    Fireship said this guy only costed Hollywood like 500m in “potential revenue” over the course of Megaupload’s existence which is pretty low compared to the accusations hurled at piratebay which is still active to this day.

    The rumor is the FBI only went after him when he tried to setup Mega for music (essentially what Spotify does right now) with a guaranteed 90% profit split for artists. So not even because Mega was popular for pirated content, but because he was super close to imploding the poor (and I think only 3) multibillion dollar record labels.

  • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    3 months ago

    Say what you will about ole Kim, but I spent a good chunk of time sailing the seven seas with his assistance.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    18·
    3 months ago

    Maybe I’m just completely ignorant of law, but how/why can he be extradited to a foreign country in this manner? Did he previously reside in and operate out of the US?

    • ravhall@discuss.onlineEnglish
      291·
      3 months ago

      He made US companies lose money, while making money himself. Thats all they need.

      • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
        22·
        3 months ago

        Not even that, the service he operated might have been used such that US companies might have missed out on potential revenue.

        That’s it.

        • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Ironically, companies made revenue using megaupload in the past.

          I recall getting first party .exes from megaupload prior to the huge Google Cloud push.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
      26·
      3 months ago

      NZ has an extradition treaty with the the US.

      Apparently potential copyright infringement is extradition worthy

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      82·
      3 months ago

      Many countries have extradition agreements.

      Y’know those spam calls you get? Where they try to say they are the government? The reason they get away with that is that your country doesn’t have an extradition agreement with their country.

      That’s a drastic oversimplification but it’s still true

  • ShinkanTrainEnglish
    2110·
    3 months ago

    Techbros will deadname you but will change their name to Kim Dotcom

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      191·
      3 months ago

      Has Kim been transphobic? Or is this just you generally hating techbros (not that I’d really consider him a techbro tbh)

      • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Me either.

        When I think of techbros I think venture capital, no ethics, and will sell out anyone if the price is right.

    • hoxbug@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I was at a lan party having a break from the gaming and decided to browse a little bit, the news was blowing up about it.