[shellox]

Maybe the service wasn't illegal, but he is still a criminal. Just look up his history what he did to the warez scene with his friend Gravenreuth. He also was involved in other criminal activities, so I don't know how people can say "The poor guy".

I don't think he care much about internet freedom and he would probably sell his mom if he could make money with it.

PS:(google translation of a paragraph on https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Schmitz)

"Schmitz, who claimed to be a "highly talented high school" placed at the boarding school at Plön have visited, in reality, Henry Harms school, a school principal Plön. After leaving school he spent two years in boarding school Rohwedder, a facility for adolescents with behavioral problems."

I would sum him as fat, retarded, wannabe hacker chav with a strange drain to criminal activities, who try to place himself in the center of attention. He couldn't get attention without doing this things, because nobody would give a fuck about him.

[untog]

I would sum him as fat, retarded, wannabe hacker chav

I was with you up until this point. None of those things are relevant to whether he engages in criminal behaviour.

[shellox]

I agree with your point, but would you really trust sensible data to such a person, which is known as a liar? I think the risk is too high. Lying to customers can also be fraud in some cases.

[SatvikBeri]

Regardless, prosecuting someone in an illegal fashion for something that wasn't a crime is something a government shouldn't do.

[shellox]

That's true and the USA also did a lot of things wrong. I just dislike that he get that much support now and people see him as a star, just because of megaupload. I doubt that the guy changed his mindset and he will stay a criminal.

[rhizome]

Yet you still maintain your anger at him and not the agencies who "did a lot of things wrong."

[sixothree]

Still, breaking the law to prove someone is breaking the law taints your claims; and these claims have taint all over them.