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Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:00 pm
by kehaar
:lol: Ok, so there was a big bust last week of the filesharing site, and I never used it, but the picture at the top of this article made me laugh. Good luck fighting the courts, Mr. Dotcom.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/21/meg ... e-numbers/

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:48 pm
by adwuga
He barricaded himself in a panic room with a shotgun, so they sent 76 officers to arrest him.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:12 pm
by zoidberg rules
Seriously?! He is so screwed...

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:34 pm
by kehaar
Yeah, I bet the cops were worried they were going to run into rich gamer with an FPS Russian hobby and like, a rocket launcher or some crazy minigun fed by a backpack full of ammo.

I guess it's possible he was suspicious it wasn't real cops-- like it was some gangsters yelling that they were cops...

does look like he was under some delusions about how untouchable he was. Well, I guess he can afford some lawyers.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:24 am
by Count Roland
if I was that rich I would never let myself get caught that easily, he could've used some better security consultants.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:10 pm
by zoidberg rules
If I was that rich it would have been through something legal...

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:13 am
by adwuga
If I was that rich, at least three of you would have died to get me there.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:24 am
by Count Roland
I used to be that rich!
But then I took an arrow in the knee

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:58 am
by kehaar
heh heh, once I sell these sweet cat videos, I'm gonna be that rich.

hell yeah.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:29 am
by adwuga
That's a great idea! Very little competition in that area.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:49 am
by Glabbit
Image

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:38 pm
by Assaultman67
zoidberg rules wrote:If I was that rich it would have been through something legal...
Yuri Orlov from Lord of War wrote:The only problem with an honest buck is they're so hard to make - the margins are too low, too many people are doin' it.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:46 pm
by zoidberg rules
...Touché

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:51 pm
by Ragdollmaster
If I was that rich and CEO of a business that was knowingly being used for piracy in this super anti-pirate political environment (SOPA, PIPA, ACTA), I would have retired with style in a country with no extradition laws.

Re: Megaupload.com and it's founder

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:47 pm
by Assaultman67
I've always been a strong advocate of secret escape tunnels not shown on blueprints of the house that lead to the dock where your yacht is for get away purposes.

Doesn't matter if you get the money illegitimately or legitimately, that is kinda a deal breaker for my multi-million dollar mansion.

I'd totally live like a bond villain every day (seems like he tried and failed ... or succeeded because he got caught :? )