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
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    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.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    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?

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      3 months ago

      NZ has an extradition treaty with the the US.

      Apparently potential copyright infringement is extradition worthy

      • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
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        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
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          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.

    • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      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)