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The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) is appealing against a High Court decision by Justice Helen Winkelmann that it needs to disclose evidence it gathered while spying on Dotcom.
The unlawful surveillance on Dotcom by the GCSB was exposed during a judicial review into the legality of a police search warrant on his home and the seizure of his assets.
The Crown admitted the GCSB's actions were illegal and Dotcom was later cleared to pursue a case for damages against the police and the GCSB.
William Akel, appearing for Dotcom at the hearing in Wellington, said Justice W
Originally posted by pillock
It looks like Hollywood players have once again influenced the judiciary in New Zealand .
This saddens me because we here in NZ hold our court system as an institution above any possible corruption or outside influence .
KDC may have made millions from his file sharing website . but he did not post the illegal files.
The NZ government has broken NZ laws to assist the FBI & Hollywood high rollers to try to hang him out to dry .
www.nzherald.co.nz
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Originally posted by magma
I think you may find he provided a platform for the file sharing to happen. This will be the downfall. He knowingly participated in it.
So it is just a matter of time and loads of money and he will be prosecuted.
As an artist I take copyright seriously.
Originally posted by pillock
It looks like Hollywood players have once again influenced the judiciary in New Zealand .
This saddens me because we here in NZ hold our court system as an institution above any possible corruption or outside influence .
KDC may have made millions from his file sharing website . but he did not post the illegal files.
The NZ government has broken NZ laws to assist the FBI & Hollywood high rollers to try to hang him out to dry .
www.nzherald.co.nz
(visit the link for the full news article)
reply to post by mee30
have you ever borrowed a film off a friend and therefore watched the movie for free? Ever borrowed a CD or a game? Then you have no place to talk because it is just the same! I'm sure you didn't run to the artists to pay them! lol We are in the digital age... About time you came to join us!
Originally posted by magma
I think you may find he provided a platform for the file sharing to happen. This will be the downfall. He knowingly participated in it.
So it is just a matter of time and loads of money and he will be prosecuted.
As an artist I take copyright seriously.
Originally posted by mee30
reply to post by magma
Absolute nonsense! That is like blaming a drink drive accident on the car manufacturer or the pub landlord! How about youtube? There are plenty of films on there! In fact my partner has an app on her phone that links to full length films on youtube! Are they going to be arrested next?
And btw intellectual property rights is a load of BS! As an artist you can make plenty of money without resorting to being so anal! The same with the movie industry! How much do they make at the box office again? And no matter how many downloads are available some people will still want the box and all the extras etc...
I mean it is just stupid anyway, have you ever borrowed a film off a friend and therefore watched the movie for free? Ever borrowed a CD or a game? Then you have no place to talk because it is just the same! I'm sure you didn't run to the artists to pay them! lol
We are in the digital age... About time you came to join us!
Originally posted by penninja
Originally posted by magma
I think you may find he provided a platform for the file sharing to happen. This will be the downfall. He knowingly participated in it.
So it is just a matter of time and loads of money and he will be prosecuted.
As an artist I take copyright seriously.
There is always someone who says this
"I'm an artist, I'm a musician"
And i'm sorry but I have to call Bulla on this statement
There's only one sort of "artist" who looses out because of the Internet the HUGE corporate sponsored variety
In all reality for Millions (literally) of struggling Artists, Musicians, Actors... this is the greatest time in history, the capacity to reach Billions of people, the camera and recording equipment cheap enough to do pro work for well less than a College degrees cost and the capacity to earn money doing what you love...
Prior to the net... unknown musicians mostly played on the streets, god knows how many writers couldn't make rent every month until the blog came along, film makers faced impossible hurdles in regards to the cost of equipment...
Only 2 types of "artists" complain about file sharing....
1: the ones too computer illiterate to promote themselves that DREAM of being discovered
2: The mega wealthy artists... (and meh... they don't loose much) I highly doubt a person who sells paintings for 100 G is loosing a dime because kids download his screen saver, movies still make Billions the viral nature of culture has made things like Comic Con impossible to get tickets for, much money lost is made up via ppv and hulu and a zillion other businesses in regards to downloads... legitimate ones...
Big companies... playing Mc Donalds type games like... the way they no longer give out ketchup packets unless you ask because some jerk off figured out that 2 Billion less ketchup packets saved 7 Million dollars or whatever...
Blatant cheap skate corporate tactics designed to "save Millions" of Billions... Numbers that sound large but equal nothing in the end but greed.
Frankly I rather 32 Million people make a living in the arts that couldn't before... and 1000 elite "artists" of respective genres make a million or so less per year... Guess what? They will still be richer than god when the days done...
And NO small "Artist" looses anything unless they are Internet retarded... and frankly, i'm sorry but that's the equivalent of being functionally illiterate and you wont succeed at anything without those skills these days
Sorry.... but happiest day ever for me.. is when someone pirates some image of mine and sends it viral.... YAY 3 Million people see your work and know your name that never would have until you "got published" a lot of them end up buying something from you.... "get published" like waiting to win the lottery
Your just WRONG
Until the Internet came along "Artist" in ANY form for 99.9% of people = Poverty, loneliness, despair and early grave...
Today... it's a viable Job
The discovery would "raise issues"and cause delays to Dotcom's extradition hearing, he said.
"It yielded virtually nothing ... it was fairly bland intelligence that didn't help particularly at all."