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A Geek Hero?

Entry 1365, on 2012-03-02 at 21:17:41 (Rating 3, News)

Kim Dotcom is like a new geek hero. I just watched him on Campbell Live (a New Zealand current affairs program) and I was really impressed at how he presented his side of the debate regarding his alleged piracy. He was fairly reasonable and restrained but made it perfectly clear that he views the FBI as politically motivated liars and the New Zealand police as puppets who just follow their unprincipled masters.

It's difficult to disagree. There's no doubt that his site was used to swap copyrighted material but so what? Sony's DVD recorders are used to write commercial material onto DVD, Xerox's photocopiers are used to copy books and other material, and Dell's computers are used to duplicate movies on DVD.

Do any of those companies have to put up with a bunch of over-enthusiastic cops jumping out of helicopters with automatic weapons? Do they have all their assets stolen by the state for no good reason? Do their executives get locked up in prison without being found guilty of any crime?

It's no wonder so many people have lost a lot of their confidence in the New Zealand police. They do a good job a lot of the time, I agree, but increasingly they are just a tool of a repressive regime more interested in maintaining the power and profits of outmoded multi-nationals than genuinely maintaining the fair and reasonable laws of our country.

Is there really nothing more important for the FBI, New Zealand police, and New Zealand legal system to be concentrating on than this? I think it's obvious that the big music and movie companies are using their influence to push this immoral action through, so not only has Dotcom been victimised but legitimate users of his site have lost their data and the police have wasted their time and money.

Dotcom says he will fight the charges against him and he seems to have the legal support to do that, although he can't pay for that support now because all of his money has been taken. He also cannot use communications technology, such as smart phones, or the internet.

The whole sorry story has become quite ridiculous. New Zealand really is becoming a police state, apparently.

Comment 1 (2997) by Anonymous on 2012-03-03 at 13:21:29:

LOL. I thought you said Greek Hero. Disappointed!

Comment 2 (2998) by OJB on 2012-03-03 at 16:55:42:

Yeah sure, why not. Greek hero it is. This is the story of Dotcomeus whose mission was to slay the hideous monsters who had held the people's story tellers and musicians prisoner. The monsters called on their evil minions to attack Dotcomeus but he fought back. Stay tuned, the battle is not yet over...

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