Well today has been rich in boring dystopic news…
Today Japan has bested the US as the most extreme cyberpunk dystopia, but tomorrow is another day.
“Endangering the brand” by using “specialized tools” to tamper with “company property”.
Reads like the patent bullshit combined with the copyright bullshit. Some laws about software are just idiotic.
This whole “selling licenses” needs to stop. What, my government runs Windows and now Microsoft can strongarm my government to decisions against the interest of the people? All with the power of letting the license expire if company policy isn’t met?
Seems like a gross misuse of law enforcement’s time. I do not even get how that Japanese law even really applies to this case exactly. Seems like a stretch. What am I missing? Why is this considered so serious that could land him in jail for 5 years and 10s of thousands in fines. Makes. I sense to me all. Can someone explain?
On the morning of January 18, 2012, as Wikipedia and many other websites went dark for the protest against SOPA and PIPA, squads of SWAT guys raided an estate in New Zealand belonging to Kim Dotcom. Local law enforcement was present, but the troopers belonged to US ICE.
Representatives from the MPAA and RIAA were there
In the US, the physical media hosting MEGAupload was seized, and the cloud storage service was shut down.
No crime had been committed. Grounds for extradition have yet to be established, despite over a decade of litigation. No suable offense has been established. Despite a lot of efforts, court battles, and even the rise of Dotcom’s new ME.GA enterprise, nothing has been proven to justify the initial raid.
Law enforcement isn’t about law. It’s not about protecting the public. It’s about preserving money and power for those who have it. And if Nintendo is butthurt about modded Pokémon, it’s about modded Pokémon.
