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Originally Posted by RebelR
His Defense reminded me of the scene from National Lampoons Vacation, where Clark talks to Rusty about why he was in the pool with Christie Brinkley
Clark: Oh she's just a waitress. I was just ordering some fish for you and uh...
Rusty: Audrey, dad.
Clark: For you and Audrey. Swimming pool waitress...
Rusty: Do you think mom will buy it?
Clark: Good talk, son.
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Yes he does not convince the well informed people as who post here, or the attorneys, but ask yourself: how many people knows or understands the fine details, historically, technically and legally? Including journalists and politicians in USa and elsewhere?
This interview may convince or at least pose big doubts to the 90% of the world population, which is more relevant than such 10% who understands DMCA and web technology. He does not look delusional to everyone, show this to someone who not understands DMCA or server tech and see how many believe him.
The main point he say it is: I done same as youtube, owned by google, but while they won when got sued for the movies uploaded, I not got even sued but instead directly assaluted with an excuse (like non-existing mass destruction weapons in Iraq, he said). Why? I am not a big american company as google, I am a non-american (german) easy target with fancy cars.
So this video is not targeted to lawyers or informed and geek people, but to the rest which is the majority of the people. He may get lots of people to sympathize and sign petitions, like it happened for Assange of Wikileaks. Look in forums, how many are commenting on this interview, that's a success alone.
Megauploads and Wikileaks it is totally different, but peace guys, occupy wall street and conspiracy theorist people with fake tech and legal knowledge, it may quickly pair the two and even Iraq non-weapons fisco as a same design by USA evil empire. If these supporters will go in streets to strike "free Kim Dot Com" the TV news will talk of it so even grandma's will know and think the fat guy is cute and can't be a criminal (really he looks less a criminal then Assange, on a TV screen standpoint).
About Germany, the pirate party got the 8.9% (15 seats) in Berlin state at the 2011 political elections, and holds the 2% in countryside from 2009 elections. So that may be a million of germans who protest "free Kim Dotcom" automatically.