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Kim Dotcom Can't Prevent NZ Govt. Sending Hard Drives & Passwords to FBIAndy Maxwell, 28 Jun 12:42 PM Defying even the broadest definition of 'justi

Kim Dotcom Can't Prevent NZ Govt. Sending Hard Drives & Passwords to FBI Andy Maxwell, 28 Jun 12:42 PM Defying even the broadest definition of 'justice' or even basic common sense, more than 12 years after his initial arrest, Kim Dotcom is still fighting the New Zealand government on every detail of his case. Given that the booby prize for not doing so is an all-expenses-paid trip to the United States, few could blame him. But why this has been allowed to drag on for so long can only be answered by New Zealand's government. Whether Dotcom is eventually found innocent or guilty, justice needs to be seen to be done. There's no denying Dotcom's significant contribution to undermining the case against him but, as the defendant, it's his job to find errors and blunders to exploit. And there has been no shortage of those and from the outside, the optics are not great. Seized Hard Drives During the 2012 operation to shut down Megaupload, around 135 devices were seized by law enforcement in New Zealand. Yet it was a full decade before the High Court ruled that devices belonging to Dotcom, s...Read More $8.1m Damages Agreed By YouTuber & Bungie For 96 Bogus DMCA Notices Andy Maxwell, 27 Jun 05:42 PM In March 2022, YouTube began receiving DMCA takedown notices which claimed that content referenced in the notices infringed the rights of videogame developer Bungie. YouTube responded by removing the videos listed in the notices, some of which had been uploaded by high-profile Destiny content creators. Some notices targeted Bungie's own channels on YouTube, but that didn't prevent some in the Destiny 2 community concluding that Bungie itself was to blame. That compelled Bungie to clean up the mess, defend its reputation, and track down the culprits. Lawsuit Demands $7.65m in Damages Bungie filed a lawsuit at a Washington court in March 2022, a clear indication that it intended to hold those who sent the fake takedown notices to account. At this point, the identities of those responsible were yet to be confirmed. In June 2022, Bungie filed an amended complaint that named YouTuber/gamer 'Lord Nazo', real name Nicholas Minor, as the person responsible. Bungie's investigation that le...Read More Are you looking for a VPN service? TorrentFreak sponsor NordVPN has some excellent offers. ©2024 TorrentFreak | Office 21338 PO Box 4336 Manchester, North West M61 0BW United Kingdom Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company