[finikytou]

sad to see that kind of comments in HN. I feel that 10 years ago there was more room for accepting that a political opponent should be free to speak up. now our educated masses are pushing for prison and extradition because they don't belong to the axis of good.... you def cannot be for opensource and its values and say things like that

[thor-rodrigues]

I don't understand your line of thought. The question with Kim was not about open-source, was about copyright and intellectual property all along.

As other comments noted, the man literally made millions distributing copyrighted material, while completely aware of what he was doing.

[snapcaster]

people used to be embarrassed in forums like this about being so pro-government. Tech has been completely captured by normies

[retinaros]

chatgpt is doing just that and they re being praised for it. hell they even break deal with gov agencies

[ilrwbwrkhv]

No he didn't. He made money through ads. The fact that copyright stuff was on the platform doesn't mean he should be arrested.

[ajsnigrutin]

On the other hand, the straming/video 'services', are literally stealing stuff you bought from them. How is that better? If there's a "buy"/"purchase" button, the movie is yours... it's not a "rent" button, where they can take it away whenever they want.

Kim is a modern day robin hood. Illegal, criminal, yada yada? Sure. Is he "bad" for the people? Well... that's very debatable.

[enriquec]

no. he gave people a way to send stuff and they sent what they wanted.

[herculity275]

The comment you're responding to just speculates that he will escape to Russia based on his (very consistent) views and activism, there's no suggestion that he should go to prison because of them.

[philippejara]

The comment he's responding to speculates that he is being paid by russia to post on twitter, as if people couldn't come to their own conclusions based on their own views and their own biases, which are very very strong against the US if you're Kim Dotcom with good reason.

[squidbeak]

It isn't 'a difference of opinion'. Dotcom has relayed Russian disinformation to an impressionable mass audience and heartily cheerled an invasion. It's not surprising that people who disagree with him politically find themselves amused or glad at the prospect of due process being served in this individual's case - where they might otherwise have been indifferent or grudgingly sympathetic.

[snapcaster]

what makes you so sure you're not the impressionable audience being fed misinformation?

[slightwinder]

Kim is not a political opponent, he is a convicted criminal who now very deep in fake news, conspiracy myths and other lies. This is not someone who has just a different opinion on some things, but one with a long history of seriously harmful behavior.

[retinaros]

how is it different than what youtube, chatgpt, fb or even google drive did? the only difference is his political stance