Prime Minister Dotcom?

[mashman]

...is John Key rich or extremely comfortable?...

Rich. I doubt he'd be that comfortable to use as a chair or bed depending on how much you like the guy.

[scott411]

In other news, the managing director of Toyo Tyres was arrested for;
- 4000 counts of Public Disturbance
- 5000 counts of Damage to property
and 2000 counts of endangerment.

He was reportedly shouting from the prison cells.

"I just sell car tires, its up to the driver how to use them!"

if Mr Toyo had paid bonuses and encouraged the action then he might have something to answer for,

if you rented out a shop to someone you knew was renting or selling stolen stuff then you would be charged as well, and if you gave them a discount, or paid them a bonus because it brought more traffic to your building, you would be sure to stand trial,

[ellipsis]

...I dont sit down a lot, hover, more like...there are a few people who are very rich and then there are those who have a hand in billions and more...whose cock you want to suck is probably defined by who wants to suck yours...(metaphorically speaking)...

[mashman]

...I dont sit down a lot, hover, more like...there are a few people who are very rich and then there are those who have a hand in billions and more...whose cock you want to suck is probably defined by who wants to suck yours...(metaphorically speaking)...

Metaphorically speaking, I only ever want to suck my own cock/scratch my own back. One much harder than the other.

[BoristheBiter]

There we go again!

You have never called anyone else names then?

[unstuck]

Seemed appropriate.

[TheDemonLord]

if Mr Toyo had paid bonuses and encouraged the action then he might have something to answer for,

if you rented out a shop to someone you knew was renting or selling stolen stuff then you would be charged as well, and if you gave them a discount, or paid them a bonus because it brought more traffic to your building, you would be sure to stand trial,

Consider this (seeing as we are going down this slippery slope, may as well do it properly)

The Automotive Industry
The Firearms Industry
The Alcohol Industry
The Tobacco Industry
The Fast Food Industry

In fact - just about any industry where the use/abuse of their products regularly results in Fatalities/serious Injury

Now ask yourselves - can you name a single member of the above mentioned industries that hasn't done the following:

Used product placement in mainstream media Even when the media is depicting their products being used in an Illegal fashion in order to make their products seem cool/badass/desirable and thus by extension increase revenue and sales.

Even if Mr Dot Com did do the things he is accused of - every other industry has done the same thing (whether directly or indirectly) - and if Mr Dot Com is being made to answer - then why not all the other heads of the above industries?

This comes back to my point earlier about the US playing favorites with whoever is bribing - sorry I mean 'Lobbying' them with the most money

[phill-k]

Never mind the other culpable industries listed what about other cloud storage facilitators, Mega Upload was just a well marketed supplier of that service and a large number of his clients were legitimate businesses using the facility.

Easy enough to do the same things some of his clients were doing on many of the other American based cloud suppliers.

[<G>]

You callin me fat!
I,ve a good mind to waddle over there and have a word. When i finish these pies.

Make sure to blow on the pies first

[BoristheBiter]

Consider this (seeing as we are going down this slippery slope, may as well do it properly)

The Automotive Industry
The Firearms Industry
The Alcohol Industry
The Tobacco Industry
The Fast Food Industry

In fact - just about any industry where the use/abuse of their products regularly results in Fatalities/serious Injury

Now ask yourselves - can you name a single member of the above mentioned industries that hasn't done the following:

Used product placement in mainstream media Even when the media is depicting their products being used in an Illegal fashion in order to make their products seem cool/badass/desirable and thus by extension increase revenue and sales.

Even if Mr Dot Com did do the things he is accused of - every other industry has done the same thing (whether directly or indirectly) - and if Mr Dot Com is being made to answer - then why not all the other heads of the above industries?

This comes back to my point earlier about the US playing favorites with whoever is bribing - sorry I mean 'Lobbying' them with the most money

He is charged with criminal copyright infringements, racketeering and money laundering.
so even if you remove the copyright there are still two other charges.

[avgas]

if Mr Toyo had paid bonuses and encouraged the action then he might have something to answer for,
if you rented out a shop to someone you knew was renting or selling stolen stuff then you would be charged as well, and if you gave them a discount, or paid them a bonus because it brought more traffic to your building, you would be sure to stand trial,

Evidence?
Megaupload rewarded you for uploading and they rewarded you not with some cross transferable currency - but membership. So there wasn't rich pirates out there recording in cinemas...........there was movie buff's watching movies. Also you could upload 4 hours of the neighbors dog - megaupload didn't care........o why did people upload movies?

I know lots of legitimate users of MegaUpload.....you have to remember this was a time before Dropbox, google drive, skydrive.......
I also know the architecture that allowed people to remove content they believed to be dodgy (hint: it worked very well)

Fact was the world had moved - the movie and music industry hadn't. They had companies like Amazon begging to make it more effective (such as the way it is now where you can rent an online movie) but 5 years ago you couldn't.

Do you believe we have the rights for every image on KB? How would you feel if KB was taken down due to the fact we did not have the rights for all the images here?

KDC was a big, fat, stupid target and NZ are lapdogs for whatever the US says (since the 1980's). This take down was a match made in heaven - with the exception of the NZ court system (which requires evidence). Megaupload can't defend itself because it has no access to its evidence (its servers).........does that sound legit to you?

[avgas]

He is charged with criminal copyright infringements, racketeering and money laundering.
so even if you remove the copyright there are still two other charges.

Evidence? It's pretty simple really - if people are charged with something, you provide evidence that shows they did it.
Who did KDC loanshark, extort, bribe or obstruct?
Where is this money he has hidden if they have all his money?

________________ until proven guilty.

Evidence = Proof

They need to show proof in a court of law (without extradition) before we progress further don't you think? Otherwise why have a legal system?
You could be charged with rape, thrown in prison without ever finding out if you have left the house.

(I don't think he is 100% clean, but I can't believe they provided 0% evidence in court and expected everything to go smoothly - Does the US think that NZ is full of morons or something?)

[avgas]

Never mind the other culpable industries listed what about other cloud storage facilitators, Mega Upload was just a well marketed supplier of that service and a large number of his clients were legitimate businesses using the facility.
Easy enough to do the same things some of his clients were doing on many of the other American based cloud suppliers.

Could you see them taking down Amazon, Apple, Oracle, Google or Microsoft......the darlings of the tech space?
No way easier to hit a fat German, hiding in the arse end of the world.

Funny thing is - why has no one sued PRISM? Those fuckers have copy of everything

[avgas]

Seemed appropriate.

[oldrider]

That makes me think I have died and gone to haven! ...