Kim Dotcom Expects New Raid & Bail Revocation After "Secret Orders" Issued in U.S.Andy Maxwell, 13 May 08:46 AM During a telephone call with Kim Dot
 | During a telephone call with Kim Dotcom, following the unprecedented raids that dismantled his Megaupload file-hosting empire in 2012, the tech entrepreneur insisted that this was no ordinary case. It wasn't just a massively scaled-up version of piracy raids we'd reported on dozens of times before either. This prosecution had high-level politics not just at its core, but running so pervasively throughout that every twisted fiber had become inseparable from the corrupt corridors of power, Dotcom said. From the political goals of Joe Biden and the Democrats, to the importance of Hollywood support in a post-SOPA reality, much was at stake. Dotcom Fights Back, Embraces Politics Over twelve years later, the politics of the 'Megaupload conspiracy' are very much alive and for that, Dotcom shoulders much of the credit. The actions of U.S. and New Zealand authorities may have determined that path initially but, since then, Dotcom has done everything his power to ensure that his legal defens...Read More | Following a rightsholder complaint about copyright infringement taking place on Telegram, a judge in Spain issued a controversial order for ISPs to block Telegram in its entirety, across the whole country. As soon as the order was made public, nationwide and then international uproar led to the judge reconsidering whether the order really was a "necessary" and "proportional" response. After concluding that preventing around eight million Spaniards from accessing Telegram was probably a bit much after all, the decision was suspended. While this is clearly a stand-out example, there's something about the way Telegram conducts business, at times interpreted as a complete lack of interest, that frustrates courts, rightsholders, even some governments. Russia famously ordered the blocking of Telegram in 2018 but ended up blocking 1.8 million Google and Amazon IP addresses instead. Telegram appeared unflustered throughout and emerged completely unscathed. Frustrations at the Ministry of C...Read More |
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