If you follow the law, Jim most definitely doesn't belong in jail. He uses that same loopholes all major sites use, if TH-cam was held accountable for all content on its site, TH-cam wouldn't exist. Same for Mega.
@@schwingedeshaehersit is a LEGAL loophole because it technically gives a just exemption from the usual laws. Safe harbor gives these companies a legal way to be exempted from the usual copyright infringement law which makes sense.
Don't forget Hollywood tried to get a mandatory tax/fee added to every internet bill. So everyone would pay for piracy whether they did so or not. That would've been a heck of a precedent & bonanza for a private industry.
They already have this on USB sales in some countries, because Hollywood claims it's used to illegally transfer copyrighted data. The tax is called the "You must be a pirate tax" by it's opponents.
@@Blackfatrat Similar thing over in Canada since the days of VCR & Betamax. Australia was pushed to make a version by the MAFIAA (Music And Film Industry Associations of America) in the 00's and 10's, but we shot down that BS as it's clearly a breach in to the private lives of the common person.
In Germany, the criminal file is of no interest to anyone as long as one does not work in security-relevant fields. In addition, entries are deleted there relatively quickly. His life at 20 was certainly not ruined.
Whilst I am sure he has calmed down now, I think Kim was in full-on "let's see what we can get away with" mode. He seems to have huge talent that could be utilised much better though.
Kim is a legend. He's been hosting unofficial Destiny 2 tournaments with decent prize pools, just because he enjoys the game and wants there to be a competetive scene.
Yea I was about to say he is an avid gamer of Destiny 2. Funding Trials of Osiris' carries student loans etc. Played against him in Trials once. He was better than average, but he was getting carried by same people every week. Not complaining. If you can buy why not buy it.
This guy amuses me. The only reason he was pursued was because he didn't run his corruption through the official channels. Everything was a mockery, a satirical take down of the rich. That mailer to all his neighbours takes the cake. Rubbing their corruption in their faces in such a brazen style.
I remember I saw a video on another channel about this guy and something important was missed here, unless it wasn't true. When the FBI first accused MegaUpload of hosting copyrighted material he lend them access to a tool for removing any hosted files without any type of restriction, so in that way he complied with them.
Mega upload was In essence just a warehouse to store files, imagine going to prison because you rent a house and it’s occupants store drugs there. The internet providers are the ones that allow the traffic to move over the internet, one could argue they are as much to blame. I’m not saying he didn’t know it was being used for illegal files, nor that he should have made more efforts to prevent this. But really he was picked off to make an example. I mean you can get illegal,pirated software from google drive accounts, and no one seems to be taking google on.
@@Virulsa. I get what you're saying, but small creators/inventors almost never benefit from the copyright law as it was made with the big, well connected and corrupted corporations in mind first and foremost.
One of the first "real" internet influencers. Met him at gaming event in Auckland some years back. Funny and genuinely likeable fellow. Should've gone to the after-party 🍸🍸🤔
Surprised that the police didn't find illegal pr0n and a copy of Mein Kampf. Maybe there's a culture difference between NZ police and US police. Hollywood loosing €500 million is just one Indiana Jones movie. How do you even lose money on a money printer? In my book Kim was kind of a Internet hero for a very short time. He seemed flaky, he would create very simple web sites and not update them. In retrospect it fits with his persona, he's a starter not a finisher. He's a real life Eric Cartman and I'm impressed with his tenacious attitude towards breaking the law ever so slightly. I wish I had some of that. I don't think he's a terrorist though, that's just a fake label that FBI put on him to make it seem like they were doing something important; "look at us we're fightin' crime & stuff". Nice video. Cool to go down memory lane. I never used Mega I think I used Direct Connect at the time since I had fiber optics in my apartment (Bredbandsbolaget for any Swedes out there).
@@adrianalexandrov7730 well it's even more terror if you take someone with you, for sure. Though cars or whatever blowing up without any civilian fatalities still adds to fear and terror in an area
@@SuperSpecies well, my thoughts were about people burning themselves as ultimate form of protest. I wouldn't describe them as terrorists. As well as I wouldn't call Marvin Heemeyer that, despite the fact that he managed to do lot of damage. So I guess if you do something to scare the public -- you're terrorist. If you do the same things to attract public's attention to some problem -- you're not
Sometimes he Tweets very stupid and disgusting things on Twitter(X) and he has a very anti US narrative but unlike many people he has a reason to say "fuck the US gov" He was doing things the right way as megaupload grows up... 9 months before the raid, Megaupload implemented that feature where copyright owners could claim the rights of its content for files that were shared... Apart from everything that happened, he is one of those big OG ´s that you can respect for some things he did (not everything)
Considering the US gov were actively targeting him for his websites and seeking his extradition despite him not being a citizen of the US I understand the anti US gov sentiment, but his recent waddles into Russian vatnik status has turned him from "Internet legend" to Russian troll, he actively gets himself entry into live discussion dramas about spreading the Russian narrative about nazis in Ukraine and that Ukraine should fall flat and accept their "brothers" to save them from Zelenskyy. Yes you can respect him for stuff pre-2019, but since 2019 he has gone completely into the disinformation spreading about everything from covid to now Russia-Ukraine.
Giving copyright holders the ability to remove infringing content was an empty gesture though... most of the stuff I downloaded off megaupload were encrypted rar files and if you didn't have the password you'd have no idea what was in the rar file. Copyright holders had a very limited idea of what content was on the site.
4:50 - That's a US centric view. In Germany, it's absolutely not the case that you would give your criminal records to a employer, and they can't just google it either. For jobs that require security clearings, sure there you need to provide such records. But there aren't many of those in the grand scheme of things anyway. So, absolutely no issue for him considering job prospects.
@@LogicallyAnswered If you follow the law, Jim most definitely doesn't belong in jail. He uses that same loopholes all major sites use, if TH-cam was held accountable for all content on its site, TH-cam wouldn't exist. Same for Mega. Thanks for a cool video tho 😌
Wow, you're reminding me of my teenage years where any movie or TV show you'd ever want to watch was readily available for quick n' easy download from mega upload. Those were the days.
Probably worth mentioning that NZ as a whole isn't "neighbourly" like you see in American TV shows. I don't know my neighbours names. I'll wave and say hi occasionally if we walk passed each other but that's about it. So sending someone a letter like that would just result in a reaction of "wtf is this dickhead". I remember meeting Kim Dotcom at the Black Ops 2 release. I worked for JB HiFi at the time (an electronics, music and games retailer). Management knew he was coming and we had extra staff on specifically for it. Dude came in for the midnight launch, brought several copies of the edition that came with the drone. Took photos with everyone and had a chat. Considering our age, most of the staff were pretty, shall we say, knowledgeable of Megaupload. So it was a bit of fun.
Not just their feelings but their interests too. Slavery was not ended about 100 years ago. It was simply extended to everyone else through the "powers" assumed by government.
@@robertmitchell9398 The copyright and other laws are what enslaves everyone. Breaking those laws makes you a free person. It's only criminal if one left direct victims. Because of piracy, Britney Spears, Madonna, and the record companies don't own jumbo jets and have not lobbied for you to pay-per-listen fees yet (pay-per-view is already here). Those actors are not really victims.
Yeah this was an embarrassing event for NZ. The sad bit is that there was always a backdoor for the media industry to classify and restrict content stored on Megaupload. The metadata, uploader downloader IPs, usernames, etc was kept and shared with the original content producers.
Sucha shame what happened with this guy, he had such great potential but then went down the conspiracy rabbithole, and like others he totally lost his mind. Seth Rich, Ukraine War, etc. Pretty much his legacy now.
What kind of potential do you mean? As a con artist and impostor acting as if he was Hacker Man? Or more as a convicted stock fraudster? Oh right, he created that upload service... The only potential he had and still has is a high potential energy if you lift him up.
@@noxiusobvious4239 If only that were the end of it, his legacy wouldn't be too bad. But as I stated, post-2016 this dude completely lost hit mind. It's arguably what people will remember him best for, since what you listed pales in comparison to the Seth Rich stuff, which was a huge story for a long time.
There are people that do so much worse things than he did, and the FBI never goes after them the same way. The only bad thing he did was to hurt the already rich and make content more accessible to the poor
it is like jailing a construction company, cause someone was murdered in a house they built. he built a giant hard drive, you rent space, not his problem, what is stored there.
That letter to his neighbors was fcking hilarious… I think many of my neighbors would have reacted similarly to his own but I would’ve showed up on his doorstep with a big smile and some nice whiskey to introduce myself and welcome him to the neighborhood if I got that sht…
I liked this video at 2:25 when u said he is still a free man 😊...Now I'm gonna watch the rest of the video coz this story is interesting enough at this point ❤from Zimbabwe
Since the dude was literally doing the same thing as so many other US based companies yet he was singled out like that really makes it seem like he didn't pay protection money to the right groups or something. Or his business competitors weren't playing fair. Whole thing is fishy
I would love a part two on his current internet presence. Whistle blower or conspiracy theorist flexing the definition of free speech while being a wanted man
The entertainment industry consortium is well-known for overreaching the amount of money "lost" due to piracy. They claim the full retail price for every download. In reality, people buy discounted copies, or wait a few more months to watch it included with a subscription, gather with friends for a group watch (splitting the streaming cost), or don't bother watching at all. That is, the amount of money they would have gotten had piracy not happened is a small fraction of what they are claiming.
How can a free download lose a company money? Do they think everyone who DLed something would've bought it instead if there was no piracy? Hell no they'd still have just as many sales but with infinitely fewer fans 😂
Unless MegaUpload openly condoned and supported piracy, refusing to work with legitimate takedown requests, there was no charge to be made. File sharing service is perfectly legal. The company cannot be blamed for what files the users upload. File sharing is not exclusively for piracy. The whole thing is bs. They muscled him down with bs law just because he resembles an icon that they hate, even though he himself doesn't do anything illegal.
I honestly don't support piracy but do also want to when I see my favorite show is taken down from Netflix or Prime Video... makes me want to keep a pirated copy that will not be gone just because some regional blocking.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing - Malcolm X
Then he tells them he sold the info to the Pentagon. Imagine strolling up to the receptionist at the Pentagon asking if they want to buy stolen data. 🤣🤣
Dude, how much research did you do for this video? Kim Dotcom is not laying low. He‘s terminally online, just as he‘s always been. He’s very active over on Twitter, he hosts Twitter spaces & is friends with Elon Musk. He‘s big on political commentary these days, which, coming from someone who‘s been a grifter his entire life, isn’t exactly a shock or surprise.
The way the executives are screwing over the talent at sag and wga (not that im in total agreement with them either), Kim seems more like Robin Hood then any time back then
Yes, Also fun fact Kim is half Finnish and has citizenship here. His mother is Finnish. Hence why Mega Upload owner had been registered in Finland. Also Lizard Squad hacker Julius "Zeekil" Kivimäki is also from Finland and they both likely used Linux based operating systems which was made by a Finnish guy called Linus Torvalds.
Bro idc when lizard squad brought down servers that one christmas… if it wasn’t for Kim we wouldn’t have been able to play at all… he asked them to cut the servers back online for Xbox because he wanted to play destiny, 3-4 days until Kim hit them up and offered lizard squad mega accounts
Compared to the budget of Hollywood movies the 500 Million he "stole" from them is really nothing. Even some individual movies have exceeding this amount like Avengers infinity wars. So the only thing he did was to "steal" the equivalent of one big hollywood production in return to free access to art and culture for most average folks. That's what I call a modernday Robin Hood
A PBX is a glorified phone system to route calls inside of an office building, not worth very much on the information market, I'm surprised he found a buyer for it really. By today's standards a PBX would be considered so old it's obsolete.
If you follow the law, Jim most definitely doesn't belong in jail.
He uses that same loopholes all major sites use, if TH-cam was held accountable for all content on its site, TH-cam wouldn't exist. Same for Mega.
I wouldn't call it loophole
@@schwingedeshaehersit is a LEGAL loophole because it technically gives a just exemption from the usual laws. Safe harbor gives these companies a legal way to be exempted from the usual copyright infringement law which makes sense.
@@hentype loophole mostly means, that it wasn't intended
@@schwingedeshaehers one man's loophole is another man's legal exemption..
bet your fun at parties
TH-cam bowed to regulations and censorship.. Kim wasnt one to be controlled
Don't forget Hollywood tried to get a mandatory tax/fee added to every internet bill. So everyone would pay for piracy whether they did so or not. That would've been a heck of a precedent & bonanza for a private industry.
They already have this on USB sales in some countries, because Hollywood claims it's used to illegally transfer copyrighted data. The tax is called the "You must be a pirate tax" by it's opponents.
@@Blackfatrat😅 What country are you living in?
My condolences,
@@Blackfatrat Self-loathing white people can be shamed into almost anything these days.
@@Blackfatrat Similar thing over in Canada since the days of VCR & Betamax. Australia was pushed to make a version by the MAFIAA (Music And Film Industry Associations of America) in the 00's and 10's, but we shot down that BS as it's clearly a breach in to the private lives of the common person.
In Germany, the criminal file is of no interest to anyone as long as one does not work in security-relevant fields. In addition, entries are deleted there relatively quickly. His life at 20 was certainly not ruined.
Germany is ruined.
@@BlackJesus8463?
Whilst I am sure he has calmed down now, I think Kim was in full-on "let's see what we can get away with" mode. He seems to have huge talent that could be utilised much better though.
I think the fact that anyone cares about stealing from the sickest industrys in the world like Hollywood for example is ridiculous. Im glad hes free
Kim is a legend. He's been hosting unofficial Destiny 2 tournaments with decent prize pools, just because he enjoys the game and wants there to be a competetive scene.
Yea I was about to say he is an avid gamer of Destiny 2. Funding Trials of Osiris' carries student loans etc. Played against him in Trials once. He was better than average, but he was getting carried by same people every week. Not complaining. If you can buy why not buy it.
Don't play destiny but anyways, that's a G move!
This guy amuses me.
The only reason he was pursued was because he didn't run his corruption through the official channels. Everything was a mockery, a satirical take down of the rich.
That mailer to all his neighbours takes the cake. Rubbing their corruption in their faces in such a brazen style.
The real criminals are the government and The cops Fu## them
absolute legend, and one of the few things I regret in my life is not having more than 1 account of 50 GB mega
I saw somewhere that Mega gave 50 GB to free accounts. But it was only 20 GB when I signed up
@@whatdadogdoin7531 that's in the old days, they stopped giving 50 GB only 20 now
but if you have an old account you'll keep your 50
@@whatdadogdoin7531I think there was a way to get it when I opened it, but it was temporary so I didn't bother with it. Dunno if it's still there
@@whatdadogdoin7531yes I have 50 GB for free from back when I signed up, but the reduced it to 20 GB overtime for cost reasons
@@whatdadogdoin7531 they change it from 50 to 20 sadly but if you signed up before when was 50 they didnt change it to 20
Mega Upload times where good times, he didnt harm the average guy he was more of a content Robin Hood. The world needs more people like him.
He resisted the planned obsolescence of culture, which they couldn't allow.
Real ones remember Rapidshare
He is like half Robin hood
How could I forget...I'm just paid for 2y subscription aday before Megaupload was shut down. That was a sad moment for me....bb my good time.....
Used to be in the same boat, until I saw how he tweeted about vaccinations and the Russian-Ukraine war.
I remember I saw a video on another channel about this guy and something important was missed here, unless it wasn't true. When the FBI first accused MegaUpload of hosting copyrighted material he lend them access to a tool for removing any hosted files without any type of restriction, so in that way he complied with them.
FBI is corrupt af so wouldn't surprise me if true.
The video editing & explanation is just epic! Thank you so much for this video. Quality information.
Yep! This channel is awesome.
Mega upload was In essence just a warehouse to store files, imagine going to prison because you rent a house and it’s occupants store drugs there. The internet providers are the ones that allow the traffic to move over the internet, one could argue they are as much to blame. I’m not saying he didn’t know it was being used for illegal files, nor that he should have made more efforts to prevent this. But really he was picked off to make an example. I mean you can get illegal,pirated software from google drive accounts, and no one seems to be taking google on.
Internet Neutrality. All packets and frames or data given the same opportunity to traverse the transitory networks!
Anything that hurts copyright holders is a good and morally correct thing to do. Especially to Hollywood
Seems like you've never invented anything
@@Virulsa. I get what you're saying, but small creators/inventors almost never benefit from the copyright law as it was made with the big, well connected and corrupted corporations in mind first and foremost.
@@PS3PCDJwhat about the ones that benefit from it and make a stable, normal living?
@PS3PCDJ tell us you don't know what u are
talking about, without telling us you don't know what you are talking about 😂
@@swagmuffin9000 I didn't know that unicorns exist.
Amazing video. I was just looking into Kim Dotcom recently! Quite an interesting guy!
Thanks man!
One of the first "real" internet influencers. Met him at gaming event in Auckland some years back. Funny and genuinely likeable fellow. Should've gone to the after-party 🍸🍸🤔
Surprised that the police didn't find illegal pr0n and a copy of Mein Kampf. Maybe there's a culture difference between NZ police and US police.
Hollywood loosing €500 million is just one Indiana Jones movie. How do you even lose money on a money printer?
In my book Kim was kind of a Internet hero for a very short time. He seemed flaky, he would create very simple web sites and not update them. In retrospect it fits with his persona, he's a starter not a finisher.
He's a real life Eric Cartman and I'm impressed with his tenacious attitude towards breaking the law ever so slightly. I wish I had some of that.
I don't think he's a terrorist though, that's just a fake label that FBI put on him to make it seem like they were doing something important; "look at us we're fightin' crime & stuff".
Nice video. Cool to go down memory lane. I never used Mega I think I used Direct Connect at the time since I had fiber optics in my apartment (Bredbandsbolaget for any Swedes out there).
You don't think he was a terrorist though? lol What exactly do you think terrorism is?
@@BlackJesus8463 blowing yourself up in front of civilians, that is terrorism
@@SuperSpeciesnah, "in front of" might be a protest. Terrorism is when you take someone with you.
@@adrianalexandrov7730 well it's even more terror if you take someone with you, for sure. Though cars or whatever blowing up without any civilian fatalities still adds to fear and terror in an area
@@SuperSpecies well, my thoughts were about people burning themselves as ultimate form of protest. I wouldn't describe them as terrorists.
As well as I wouldn't call Marvin Heemeyer that, despite the fact that he managed to do lot of damage.
So I guess if you do something to scare the public -- you're terrorist.
If you do the same things to attract public's attention to some problem -- you're not
Sometimes he Tweets very stupid and disgusting things on Twitter(X) and he has a very anti US narrative but unlike many people he has a reason to say "fuck the US gov"
He was doing things the right way as megaupload grows up... 9 months before the raid, Megaupload implemented that feature where copyright owners could claim the rights of its content for files that were shared...
Apart from everything that happened, he is one of those big OG ´s that you can respect for some things he did (not everything)
All you have to do is outlaw everything you don't like regardless of the consequences. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anti US? The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Considering the US gov were actively targeting him for his websites and seeking his extradition despite him not being a citizen of the US I understand the anti US gov sentiment, but his recent waddles into Russian vatnik status has turned him from "Internet legend" to Russian troll, he actively gets himself entry into live discussion dramas about spreading the Russian narrative about nazis in Ukraine and that Ukraine should fall flat and accept their "brothers" to save them from Zelenskyy. Yes you can respect him for stuff pre-2019, but since 2019 he has gone completely into the disinformation spreading about everything from covid to now Russia-Ukraine.
because the usa is one off the worst and corrupt countries in the world.
thats why
Giving copyright holders the ability to remove infringing content was an empty gesture though... most of the stuff I downloaded off megaupload were encrypted rar files and if you didn't have the password you'd have no idea what was in the rar file. Copyright holders had a very limited idea of what content was on the site.
4:50 - That's a US centric view. In Germany, it's absolutely not the case that you would give your criminal records to a employer, and they can't just google it either. For jobs that require security clearings, sure there you need to provide such records. But there aren't many of those in the grand scheme of things anyway. So, absolutely no issue for him considering job prospects.
Megaupload, Rapidshare and MediaFire! Those were the days!!!
What are Rapidshare and MediaFire and are their respective domains still up? I need to look them up.
You are an underrated story youtuber
Really appreciate the kind words bro :)
@@LogicallyAnswered
If you follow the law, Jim most definitely doesn't belong in jail.
He uses that same loopholes all major sites use, if TH-cam was held accountable for all content on its site, TH-cam wouldn't exist. Same for Mega.
Thanks for a cool video tho 😌
Wow, you're reminding me of my teenage years where any movie or TV show you'd ever want to watch was readily available for quick n' easy download from mega upload. Those were the days.
The fall of megaupload made a lot of lost media that could not be recovered even to this day. Also, the megaupload misic was cool.
Probably worth mentioning that NZ as a whole isn't "neighbourly" like you see in American TV shows. I don't know my neighbours names. I'll wave and say hi occasionally if we walk passed each other but that's about it. So sending someone a letter like that would just result in a reaction of "wtf is this dickhead".
I remember meeting Kim Dotcom at the Black Ops 2 release. I worked for JB HiFi at the time (an electronics, music and games retailer). Management knew he was coming and we had extra staff on specifically for it. Dude came in for the midnight launch, brought several copies of the edition that came with the drone. Took photos with everyone and had a chat.
Considering our age, most of the staff were pretty, shall we say, knowledgeable of Megaupload. So it was a bit of fun.
Yeah it's pretty much if you live in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch city the "neighbourly" shit doesn't exist.
Everyone who says something that hurts their feeling is labeled a terrorist.
Not just their feelings but their interests too. Slavery was not ended about 100 years ago. It was simply extended to everyone else through the "powers" assumed by government.
Kim Schmitz is a Robin Hood of our lifetime. Dude was on top in the golden era of the Internet. Now the big Corporations took over the internet.
As soon as you said Obama and Hollywood were working together to get this guy I knew he wasn't the bad guy.
He’s literally a criminal
@@robertmitchell9398
Who isnt ?
@@robertmitchell9398 The copyright and other laws are what enslaves everyone. Breaking those laws makes you a free person. It's only criminal if one left direct victims. Because of piracy, Britney Spears, Madonna, and the record companies don't own jumbo jets and have not lobbied for you to pay-per-listen fees yet (pay-per-view is already here). Those actors are not really victims.
I've seen various videos on this story but, I think I like this one most. Well done!
How the AUS and NZ governments bow to the USA is unreal.
We don’t have any military, so we don’t really have a choice.
@@greybouquet03 understandable.👍
Is it only them? How about the demented EU "leaders"?
Great video, i am rely amazed by your editing, what editing program you use ?
After Effects :)
Better editing than usual and ofc awesome story thank you😍
Glad you enjoyed it!
this new style is epic, I really appreciate the edits i can tell it took hours !!! 💯💯
Yeah this was an embarrassing event for NZ. The sad bit is that there was always a backdoor for the media industry to classify and restrict content stored on Megaupload. The metadata, uploader downloader IPs, usernames, etc was kept and shared with the original content producers.
If he changed the name of his consulting company to Megaupload, how could it not be easily associated with him?
Sucha shame what happened with this guy, he had such great potential but then went down the conspiracy rabbithole, and like others he totally lost his mind.
Seth Rich, Ukraine War, etc. Pretty much his legacy now.
What kind of potential do you mean? As a con artist and impostor acting as if he was Hacker Man? Or more as a convicted stock fraudster? Oh right, he created that upload service...
The only potential he had and still has is a high potential energy if you lift him up.
@@noxiusobvious4239 If only that were the end of it, his legacy wouldn't be too bad.
But as I stated, post-2016 this dude completely lost hit mind. It's arguably what people will remember him best for, since what you listed pales in comparison to the Seth Rich stuff, which was a huge story for a long time.
Yeah, sucks he supports the oppressor.
The fact that you guys knew the guy and use his services then blame him on his personal matters are laughable 😂
What a hypocrites all of you
@@triadwarfare Sucks that you think opposing the military-industrial complex is "supporting the oppressor'
There are people that do so much worse things than he did, and the FBI never goes after them the same way.
The only bad thing he did was to hurt the already rich and make content more accessible to the poor
I literally cried when I saw that dreaded fbi takedown photo when I visited megaupload on a random saturday
I would literally die for this man.
Average internet parasocial relationship:
@@zaidlacksalastname4905lol
lol
it is like jailing a construction company, cause someone was murdered in a house they built. he built a giant hard drive, you rent space, not his problem, what is stored there.
I remember years back I had a mega link for Minecraft, I preserved that link so well I still have it to this day, good times
Always like a Logically Answered video.
Really appreciate your support Philip!
That letter to his neighbors was fcking hilarious… I think many of my neighbors would have reacted similarly to his own but I would’ve showed up on his doorstep with a big smile and some nice whiskey to introduce myself and welcome him to the neighborhood if I got that sht…
Notice that those same people don't want to pay any fair amounts to the workers...
I liked this video at 2:25 when u said he is still a free man 😊...Now I'm gonna watch the rest of the video coz this story is interesting enough at this point ❤from Zimbabwe
I love your videos, they are always well made with great visuals to tell the story. but you skip though the chapter titles very fast haha
Appreciate the constructive feedback man
I would have say that the editing of the video is really over powered
If there is enough information available, can you make a video on why RARBG got killed recently?
Ah, I wasn’t aware of that, I’ll look into it
rip rarbg, hello TG
this dude is a true legend
Great video as always.
Thanks Balpreet!
Omg, when will countries stop listening to the USA.
Since the dude was literally doing the same thing as so many other US based companies yet he was singled out like that really makes it seem like he didn't pay protection money to the right groups or something. Or his business competitors weren't playing fair. Whole thing is fishy
Oh yeah another great video about another internet outlaw!!
Hope you enjoyed Daniel!
I would love a part two on his current internet presence. Whistle blower or conspiracy theorist flexing the definition of free speech while being a wanted man
This is old news but I realize I'm caught in a generational revamp time warp thingy... we lived it.
Man, I remember when mega got seized. It was the highest point of online piracy. Back when piratebay was almost a household name.
I always thought mega was basically the same thing as Dropbox
Nelson Mandela was labeled a terrorist by America till 2006 as well so I'm not surprised.
The fact they regard this guy as terrorist says what that would means, non compliant, 1984 here we come
He might be a criminal but he's not a terrorist.
would be epic if he started streaming, he sounds like a character
You know he was cheating at CoD right?
Stop lying @@BlackJesus8463
@@BlackJesus8463Wouldn't surprise me one bit. After all, he based all of his "career" on lying, deceiving, and cheating.
he is definetly the megamind villian who is loved by many
actually the coolest guy ever , literally the hero
watched the big documentary on him. need a part 2 on his life. very interesting man.
He was also the number 1 ranked player on MW3 for score during 2012.
Bro you can literally see him in Queenstown at least once a week.
Okay, but did he rly cost them that much, or simply majority of people would simply not watch the movie, if they were required to pay for it ?...
Debate-able for sure
The entertainment industry consortium is well-known for overreaching the amount of money "lost" due to piracy. They claim the full retail price for every download. In reality, people buy discounted copies, or wait a few more months to watch it included with a subscription, gather with friends for a group watch (splitting the streaming cost), or don't bother watching at all.
That is, the amount of money they would have gotten had piracy not happened is a small fraction of what they are claiming.
Aww man, Mega, that brings back memories. Good times
do you by any chance know the channel simplicissimus? they did a video on that topic as well! its a very interesting topic tho
Not apprehensible. Reprehensible.
Oops
How can a free download lose a company money? Do they think everyone who DLed something would've bought it instead if there was no piracy? Hell no they'd still have just as many sales but with infinitely fewer fans 😂
He's not a legend yet, he's treasure to this world at the moment
He's a Russian government asset.
Unless MegaUpload openly condoned and supported piracy, refusing to work with legitimate takedown requests, there was no charge to be made. File sharing service is perfectly legal. The company cannot be blamed for what files the users upload. File sharing is not exclusively for piracy. The whole thing is bs. They muscled him down with bs law just because he resembles an icon that they hate, even though he himself doesn't do anything illegal.
Great video brother! Have a great weekend!!
Thank you Daniel! You too!
He might have been hacking with those Call of Duty numbers. LOL
I honestly don't support piracy but do also want to when I see my favorite show is taken down from Netflix or Prime Video... makes me want to keep a pirated copy that will not be gone just because some regional blocking.
So you're against piracy.. unless it benefits you? 🤔
Kim is a legend. Full support to piracy.
The only thing you need are good lawyers and can pretty much do whatever you want.
Fucking legend
Yes sir hahaha
Megaupload days were great. The rich & powerful will do anything to keep their money & power, that's why we can't have nice things.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing - Malcolm X
I mean boasting wit a criminal record sounds strange for a data security company, as this really shows that you were "too dumb" not to be caught.
Hahaha true
Then he tells them he sold the info to the Pentagon. Imagine strolling up to the receptionist at the Pentagon asking if they want to buy stolen data. 🤣🤣
@@BlackJesus8463 I'm pretty Sure that the Pentagon will have structures in place to do this, so for me that wouldn't raise Red Flags.
How long it took you to edit this video? Solo editor or have a team?
I used to edit similar videos in the past but it was way too time consuming.
Team, took several hundred hours
@@LogicallyAnswered At least a week for sure.
Didnt expect this to be about Mega thats crazy
Dude invented a new corruption system xDD
He didn't wanna go through the U.S. official channels X'D
you know youre doing the world a good favor, when holliwood labels you as a terrorist
Dude, how much research did you do for this video?
Kim Dotcom is not laying low. He‘s terminally online, just as he‘s always been. He’s very active over on Twitter, he hosts Twitter spaces & is friends with Elon Musk.
He‘s big on political commentary these days, which, coming from someone who‘s been a grifter his entire life, isn’t exactly a shock or surprise.
The fact he did all of this and yet was the first 1 on Call of Duty modern warfare is just wow
your video quality is going through the rook
The way the executives are screwing over the talent at sag and wga (not that im in total agreement with them either), Kim seems more like Robin Hood then any time back then
02:46 "Real"? I thought he had legally changed his name...
I believe a Judge just ruled he can be extradited...but still gonna take some time to work through technicalities
Then he'll hop a boat to Asia. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Someone said he gave tools to remove copyrighted material before it all blew up.
Wow, I hadn't heard of anything other than the Mega stuff...
I live in New Zealand and i knew none of this, i didnt even know we had an anti terrorism special tactics group
Your videos are top tier. We appreciate you.
The sound design is excellent in this vid by the way. 🤙🤙
saying that megaupload was a piracy site is like saying that cryptocurrency is only being used by criminals
Originally it was 😂
just a question, isnt kim the same guy that paid the hackers 400 grand (lizard group) to just flip off and let him play some games on christmas eve?
Yes, Also fun fact Kim is half Finnish and has citizenship here. His mother is Finnish. Hence why Mega Upload owner had been registered in Finland. Also Lizard Squad hacker Julius "Zeekil" Kivimäki is also from Finland and they both likely used Linux based operating systems which was made by a Finnish guy called Linus Torvalds.
@@barsk1 damn that's some finishing information
Bro idc when lizard squad brought down servers that one christmas… if it wasn’t for Kim we wouldn’t have been able to play at all… he asked them to cut the servers back online for Xbox because he wanted to play destiny, 3-4 days until Kim hit them up and offered lizard squad mega accounts
Not that I agree with most of his doing, but his "crime"" was nothing compared with a lot of legitimate politicians shit
Government is a $h!t service.
And one of his first online businesses was selling pharmaceuticals online all kinds of shit
6:56 why do i hear a popping noise?
\*"Tim Haywood - Party Time" starts echoing in the background\*
oh no, not again
Compared to the budget of Hollywood movies the 500 Million he "stole" from them is really nothing.
Even some individual movies have exceeding this amount like Avengers infinity wars.
So the only thing he did was to "steal" the equivalent of one big hollywood production in return to free access to art and culture for most average folks. That's what I call a modernday Robin Hood
Did he really pronounce alias as ah-lie-as instead of a-lee-as
A PBX is a glorified phone system to route calls inside of an office building, not worth very much on the information market, I'm surprised he found a buyer for it really. By today's standards a PBX would be considered so old it's obsolete.