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AFAIK, Megaupload did not promote our encourage sharing of licensed content. It just filled that niche better than any other site at the time.

Kim Dotcom may have chosen New Zealand for to evade legal issues, but I see nothing wrong with that. If you don't agree with one nation's laws, that is a perfectly valid reason to live elsewhere. He didn't just run his business there, he lives there.