[redm]

Love Kim Dotcom or hate him, you have to applaud his tenacity in defending himself. When he was arrested in 2012, I don't think anyone remotely imagined he would still be battling, and, in many regards, winning against the US Government.

[ben010783]

If you don't have money you take a deal and plead guilty. If you have money, you can drag things out for years.

[the-pigeon]

Yeah but they froze most of his assets initially so he didn't have money to defend himself.

It's been a mix of luck, US Government mishandling the case and the tenacity of Kim.

[jaclaz]

>It's been a mix of luck, US Government mishandling the case and the tenacity of Kim

Don't forget the local (NZ) mishandlings.

[fareesh]

Yep. I don't think many people can make the claim that they have had a head of state apologize to them on national TV.

[jonathanstrange]

They took away his business and more than 5 years of his life, and he hasn't even prevented extradition yet. I wouldn't call this winning.

I personally think that the case should be dismissed because the legal proceedings went on for so long and were plastered with rights violations - such as illegal surveillance, property prematurely transferred to a foreign country.

[the_cat_kittles]

i dont have to applaud his tenacity. i think he is a jackass who made a bunch of money in a douchey way. i think winning legal battles resulted from fundamentally unethical behavior is not a win at all in the grand scheme. whether or not he broke the letter of the law seems like it should be irrelevant in the court of public opinion. why do people root for someone like this?