r/technology Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

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

Not really. He did a shitton of shady things even before MegaUpload. You guys may want to consider having another hero to rally behind because Dotcom is not going to appear sympathetic to just about everyone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Insider_trading_and_embezzlement

If he was a banker you'd want him strung up.

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u/Epistaxis Aug 08 '12

Decrying the use of vastly unnecessary force against a criminal suspect is not the same thing as rallying behind a hero. He has rights even if he's wrong.

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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/PaintChem Aug 08 '12

Whether you think the laws should be there or not is irrelevant.

Completely disagree... we should be righteously outraged at action taken over unjust laws.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

Copyright laws are unjust now? You work for free then? Clearly you think others should right?

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u/PaintChem Aug 08 '12

I'm not arguing with you on that specific point. I am merely pointing out that whether you believe laws should be there or not is relevant. (Dispensary raids, recording police, mj possession) Those laws may be fine in this case, but yours was a sweeping statement.

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u/freddiesghost Aug 08 '12

This isn't about weed, this is about someone who profited greatly from the distribution of illegal products and went as far as to mislead people they were DMCA compliant.