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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

Fireship said this guy only costed Hollywood like 500m in "potential revenue" over the course of Megaupload's existence which is pretty low compared to the accusations hurled at piratebay which is still active to this day.

The rumor is the FBI only went after him when he tried to setup Mega for music (essentially what Spotify does right now) with a guaranteed 90% profit split for artists. So not even because Mega was popular for pirated content, but because he was super close to imploding the poor (and I think only 3) multibillion dollar record labels.

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago

We really need a product like that for film actually.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 months ago

Techbros will deadname you but will change their name to Kim Dotcom

[-] xor 19 points 2 months ago

Has Kim been transphobic? Or is this just you generally hating techbros (not that I'd really consider him a techbro tbh)

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago

Me either.

When I think of techbros I think venture capital, no ethics, and will sell out anyone if the price is right.

[-] Arbiter@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

But why is his name Dotcom.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

He changed it, used to be USENET

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Because he’s weird and we are legally allowed to change our names

[-] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

If you speak Spanish, check this video: https://youtu.be/oUQ7_PK_pPw

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Because he changed it.

[-] PappyWappy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Dude was once the top MW2 player in the world

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Unsure if MechWarrior or Modern Warfare....

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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