Kim Dotcom interview with JC

[jazfender]

http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/Campbell-L...3/Default.aspx

May change a few opinions of the man who's supposedly responsible for "unprecedented levels of piracy".

I've heard he's a cock but he speaks sense here.

[Maha]

He is a very smart man.

[george formby]

He is a very smart man.

Tis true. I want to see JC interview the FBI now..

[scissorhands]

I believe artists should receive money for their work and not him

I have never used a file share or torrent thingy, always hire or purchase my music or video media (except youtube)

If his fortune is due to talented others, which he pimps without reimbursing them, he needs to pay them back

[Scuba_Steve]

I believe artists should receive money for their work and not him

I have never used a file share or torrent thingy, always hire or purchase my music or video media (except youtube)

If his fortune is due to talented others, which he pimps without reimbursing them, he needs to pay them back

but he doesn't receive money for their work, he receives money for a service he provides. The ones taking money from the artists are the record/studio labels

[BigAl]

KDC had some very valid arguments to support his case and if they are true then it appears he is just being made a scapegoat.

Bigger providers like Youtube, Google etc have been found not guilty of providing a similair service.

What evidence did the NZ police have to arrest and hold him, will it all come out?

Also the inconvienence to his legit customers using Megaupload as a storage repository.

Who would want to use the cloud when this type of shit happens?

[sil3nt]

I believe artists should receive money for their work and not him

I have never used a file share or torrent thingy, always hire or purchase my music or video media (except youtube)

If his fortune is due to talented others, which he pimps without reimbursing them, he needs to pay them back

And this is the problem. People have a complete lack of understanding about how the company operates.

Youtube, in essence, is exactly the same as megaupload yet you don't seem to have any problem using that?

[Zedder]

Tis true. I want to see JC interview the FBI now..

Yes, me too.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I believe artists should receive money for their work and not him

I have never used a file share or torrent thingy, always hire or purchase my music or video media (except youtube)

If his fortune is due to talented others, which he pimps without reimbursing them, he needs to pay them back

idiot.

he provides a road, and people pay to drive on it. What sort of bike and how they acquired it, cannot be a concern to the road provider.

Did you even watch the fucking interview? Megaupload has always provided a way for people who alledge infringement of their copyright to have links removed, no questions asked.

and: Self righteous twat much?

[Katman]

I believe artists should receive money for their work and not him

I have never used a file share or torrent thingy, always hire or purchase my music or video media (except youtube)

If his fortune is due to talented others, which he pimps without reimbursing them, he needs to pay them back

It's become a bit of a prick finding workshop manuals to download.

[oneofsix]

I believe artists should receive money for their work and not him

I have never used a file share or torrent thingy, always hire or purchase my music or video media (except youtube)

If his fortune is due to talented others, which he pimps without reimbursing them, he needs to pay them back

You are paying a wealthy, greedy studio exec, not the artist. Dotcom is not charging anyone and if you had bother to watch the interview you will see he set the site up for file sharing such as manuals, technical documents etc. He provided the studio with their own access to delete their content, he is not allowed to view what others put on his site.
Get real, this is never been about the artists, it is about protecting a revenue stream for corporations that are too ingrain to change their business model.
This is the mis-use of criminal law to protect civil issues and corporate interests and the mis-use of the civil issues at that.
If it did anything to protect and encourage creativity of artists I would agree with you but as it doesn't and just promotes the raping of artists by the corporation I have to say wise up.

[george formby]

You are paying a wealthy, greedy studio exec, not the artist. Dotcom is not charging anyone and if you had bother to watch the interview you will see he set the site up for file sharing such as manuals, technical documents etc. He provided the studio with their own access to delete their content, he is not allowed to view what others put on his site.
Get real, this is never been about the artists, it is about protecting a revenue stream for corporations that are too ingrain to change their business model.
This is the mis-use of criminal law to protect civil issues and corporate interests and the mis-use of the civil issues at that.
If it did anything to protect and encourage creativity of artists I would agree with you but as it doesn't and just promotes the raping of artists by the corporation I have to say wise up.

Amen, come the revolution..

[scissorhands]

idiot.

he provides a road, and people pay to drive on it. What sort of bike and how they acquired it, cannot be a concern to the road provider.

Did you even watch the fucking interview? Megaupload has always provided a way for people who alledge infringement of their copyright to have links removed, no questions asked.

and: Self righteous twat much?

my bad, I'm badly informed here, its an area I have no knowledge of

[SimJen]

the fact our gubberment has buckled to pressure from the keepers of the worlds peace is ridiculous in itself.
For us to then put someone (who we deem to be guilty by the word of the people who told us Saddam had WMD's) in prison for over a month on no real charges is just friggen unjust!
We can't be walked over by someone else's corporate interests, the Music and movie companies in the US spend millions on lobbying the politicians to stop any type of copyright infringement but fail to fathom the full concept of the internet. The FBI has just picked on KDC as a scape goat as he rightly says, he was an easy target.
Next thing we'll be sending SAS to keep the oil supply going in Iran!

[george formby]

the fact our gubberment has buckled to pressure from the keepers of the worlds peace is ridiculous in itself.
For us to then put someone (who we deem to be guilty by the word of the people who told us Saddam had WMD's) in prison for over a month on no real charges is just friggen unjust!
We can't be walked over by someone else's corporate interests, the Music and movie companies in the US spend millions on lobbying the politicians to stop any type of copyright infringement but fail to fathom the full concept of the internet. The FBI has just picked on KDC as a scape goat as he rightly says, he was an easy target.
Next thing we'll be sending SAS to keep the oil supply going in Iran!

Hark, t'is true. Modern governance stands for business. No doubt our fledgling movie industry picking up Hollywoods crumbs has been mentioned in dispatches. Big sticks & big dollars prevail.

Dotcoms comparisons in his interview certainly begs the question "Why just him?"