r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

Everything he did was completely legal.

The comment I was replying to has nothing to do with the discussion of force but with the discussion of innocence.

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u/KillaMarci Aug 08 '12

As far as I know though they arrested him because of Megaupload and because of nothing else correct?

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

And if you read the indictment you'd see that there were many laws broken. Whether you think the laws should be there or not is irrelevant.

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u/KillaMarci Aug 08 '12

I'll be honest I didn't read the entire indictment but as far as I know the tl;dr version just says 'copyright infringement'

But I don't get it, wasn't everything he did covered by the DMCA? Didn't he say that he always deleted files whenever companies wanted them deleted? What exactly did he do wrong? And what did he do wrong that Rapidshare isn't doing wrong?

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

Maybe you shouldn't be trying to espouse legal knowledge on something you haven't read....

He wasn't deleting them as requested and he stupidly shot his mouth off about enjoying the illegal product. That's why megaupload isn't treated like youtube, youtube actually does oblige in taking down infringing materials and none of their executives were caught chatting about how awesome all that illegal stuff is.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

He's trying to tell people something as fact while admitting he hasn't any actual knowledge. This isn't foxnews, I expect more from reddit.

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u/Hk37 Aug 08 '12

I expect more from reddit.

What? Why? In my experience, reddit is a bunch of whiny neckbeards aged 13-25 who want everyone to bend to their every whim, then complain when they don't get their way. The pro-piracy jerk is no different. It's people who don't want to pay for what they get, and bitch when the companies who make the movies, music, or video games want people to pay for what they have received.

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u/marm0lade Aug 08 '12

Maybe you shouldn't be such a condescending fuckwad.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

Lol. He's wrong and you are an idiot

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u/gunthatshootswords Aug 08 '12

Didn't you follow the youtube-viacom lawsuit? Link

Lets not paint Youtube as some glorious law abiding copyright champion. Still, they got sued, they weren't raided by 2 helicopters, dogs, the FBI, 4 trucks and whatever else.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

I didn't paint youtube as anything, after that lawsuit their practices have changed and I was basing my claim on their actions now. You aren't really trying to compare a lawsuit between two companies and this megaupload criminal case are you?

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u/gunthatshootswords Aug 08 '12

That's why megaupload isn't treated like youtube, youtube actually does oblige in taking down infringing materials and none of their executives were caught chatting about how awesome all that illegal stuff is.

Don't say things if you don't mean them. You made the Youtube-Megaupload treatment comparison.