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posted by janrinok on Thursday March 01 2018, @03:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the tell-me-more,-tell-me-more dept.

Megaupload started out being presented as a regular copyright enforcement case. However as the facts of the military-style raid surfaced, followed by details of the many serious legal irregularities, it quickly became very peculiar and atypical. Soon, when former president Barack Obama arrives in New Zealand later this month, Kim Dotcom aims to try to find out what he knew about the case through subpoena.

Kim Dotcom is claiming that an associate was able to hire a friend of the Obamas to ask about the Megaupload case. "Mistakes were made. It hasn't gone well. It's a problem. I'll see to it after the election," Barack Obama reportedly said. With Obama due to land in New Zealand next month, Dotcom says he'll have a court subpoena waiting for the former president.

One of the interesting items that might eventually come from the case is what the difference between Megaupload and its competitors was. So far, there have been no raids, big or small, against Box, Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive, Spider Oak, and the others.

Source : Dotcom: Obama Admitted "Mistakes Were Made" in Megaupload Case

See also : past soylentnews posts on Megaupload


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 01 2018, @05:20PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday March 01 2018, @05:20PM (#645853) Journal

    Oh, OK, I get that.

    I don't think hearsay is admissible, though.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 01 2018, @07:59PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday March 01 2018, @07:59PM (#645942)

    This is the same New Zealand that let the US come and raid Dotcom's compound prematurely... the interesting question is indeed how they're going to dodge the request for the subpoena.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @08:54PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @08:54PM (#645975)

    I don't think hearsay is admissible, though.

    It sure is when it comes to Russia these days. Our country is dying because we let stupid people vote, making a military coup look like a viable alternative... Sad!

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday March 01 2018, @09:27PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday March 01 2018, @09:27PM (#646005)

      We should care more about making sure smart people *do* vote than trying to disenfranchise people whose opinions we don't like, er I mean, stupid people.

      And educating the "stupids" before they vote. Although that effort will only get you so far.

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