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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by nimbius on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @12:24PM (#24283998)
>Go find the court papers for the indictment.

No i dont think i will. onus probandi, you'll need to cite your sources if you want anyone to take this seriously im afraid.

Dotcom was raided in new zealand with a guns out swat style team of tactical commandos and helicopters for what amounted to a civil court issue in his own county. his servers were illegally seized, his assets frozen, and then he was railroaded to the US and told to defend himself penniless despite overwhelming domestic controversy which inevitably led to political fallout for leaders in new zealand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:32PM (#24285663)
> and then he was railroaded to the US

I agree that the treatment of Dotcom by the US is, essentially, legalized international extortion and the NZ government should have put a stop on it a long time ago... but he is still in NZ.

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by chottocharaii on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @12:28PM (#24284038)
He cited a source, he cited the court documents...
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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by contingencies on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:38PM (#24285723)
The full story, not without irony, is that the mansion Dotcom was renting was then purchased by a family whose entire business fortune evolved from the facilitating the mass production of plastic children's toys based on US movie IP.
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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by prh8 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @12:57PM (#24284381)
> "if you want anyone to take this seriously"

I hope I'm not the only one finding irony in the total lack of punctuation and capitalization in here

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