Kim Dotcom Raid Video Goes Public

[talker]

File sharing is worse than mass murder when your a music/movie lobbyist, and it is lobby monies that move our government anymore, the mpaa and riaa and others are dumping so much cash into the pockets of politicians its ridicilous, in turn they try each and every year to expand their control over the net, will try to censor the net given time, so yea this guy was worse than hitler to mpaa or a riaa suit, and you can bet they put all kinds of pressure to do something about all these file upload/torrent sites.

i agree. there are tons of uploading sites out there that millions of people use every day. just because megaupload was bigger than all others doesn't mean that the guy had to be arrested. you can never truly stamp out something like that

the oatmeal wrote a comic that shows how this whole downloading thing is. the example is music, but it basically conts for movies and games too.
copypaste http://theoatmeal.com/comics/music_industry into your browser window and read

 

[Suave Charlie]

Yes, because one FBI agent was there to help plan it, all the officers and special tactics did everything he said and that was "beat up a fat man the moment you lay eyes on him".
Let's blame America, yay!

Erm.. it kind of was/is a totally american fronted operation/ investigation..

 

[Ledan]

They aknowledge that the threat level is low.....
So they should just have had a couple of police knock on his door and arrest him.

Captcha: foul play

Escapist is sentient.

 

[JuliusMagnus]

...Why?

Why so many police? The guy just made a website.

I don't think he's a mass murderer.

Pretty sure the raid happened in New-Zealand not Europe.

I think you quoted the wrong person there, buddy.

Facepalm; I'm an idiot.

 

[Atmos Duality]

RIAA and MPAA
Here to lobby your rights away.

Too big to fail, too big to care.
If your pirate their goods, they will come by air.