KIM DOTCOM

Описание: KIM DOTCOM, BORN KIM SCHMITZ IN GERMANY, REINVENTED HIMSELF IN NEW ZEALAND AS A FLAMBOYANT TECH ENTREPRENEUR, THROWING LAVISH PARTIES AND A $500,000 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR) FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT HIS OWN EXPENSE AS A GESTURE OF THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND.

AFTER BUILDING THE CLOUD EMPIRE MEGAUPLOAD INTO ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FILE-SHARING WEB SITES, HE WAS RAIDED BY ARMED POLICE IN 2012 AT HIS COATESVILLE MANSION NEAR AUCKLAND IN A DRAMATIC FBI-LED OPERATION OVER ALLEGED COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS.

THE CASE BECAME A GLOBAL FLASHPOINT FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS AND U.S. EXTRADITION LAW, DRAGGING ON FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. DESPITE LEGAL BATTLES, DOTCOM LAUNCHES HIS NEW BUSINESS ME.GA, WHILE FIGHTING PUBLICLY FOR ONLINE FILE HOSTING, INTERNET FREEDOM, AND AT ONE STAGE DABBLED IN POLITICS THROUGH HIS "INTERNET PARTY" AFTER POLITICAL SUPPORT TURNED BETRAYAL.

NOW, IN HIS EARLY FIFTIES HE LIVES QUIETLY WITH HIS FAMILY IN QUEENSTOWN, PRODUCING MUSIC, GAMING, AND RUNNING SMALL TECH PROJECTS, HAPPILY ADMITTING THAT, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, HIS FAMILY'S TREATMENT BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT AND FBI WAS UNJUSTIFIED AND UNLAWFUL BY DESTROYING MEGAUPLOAD, LEAVING HIM RICHER IN EXPERIENCE, IF NOT CASH.