[staticelf]

Wow, never thought it would be such hate on HN against kim.com?

I think he seems to really fight for internet freedom in more ways than the angry commentators in this thread probably will ever do.

Who cares if he had a dark past. He's already been to jail for one crime in my knowledge and I think he really deserves his money.

It seems you're gonna buy the songs you want to listen to directly from artists with this new service. It can't be anything like pirating? He is really pushing it forward and completes his products with the touch of quality.

[brazzy]

The only thing he has ever fought for is his own bank account. He doesn't have a "dark past", but an ongoing history of scamming. You can be assured that he will find the optimal way to scam both you and the artists out of as much money as possible.

[staticelf]

Please, enlighten me. Because I have no idea of what you're talking about. Give me some proof.

All I've seen and heard is that the super fiasco on the megaupload case but that's not a fiasco for him, the users or anyone else but the governments involved.

For now, I am still a fan of Kim.com.

[ScottWhigham]

If I only ever read my news from sites like torrentfreak, I too would think kim was an awesome, super guy. It's not hard to diversify your news sources...

[staticelf]

Who said that I even visit torrentfreak?

/facepalm

[forgotmycreds]

People don't have the same view of another person as me, lets make arguments. He is doing good things for some people for sure, because he had lots of support in his legal fight. This guy made money on peoples data? How much did facebook earn of you?

[brazzy]

http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/

It takes a lot of gullibility to be a fan of that guy...

[staticelf]

I read some articles and I knew most of the stuff there. But my eyes hurt after visiting that website but even if it's just a hate site put up I will continue to read the articles and reply you later this evening when I have more time.

But on first glance, it doesn't show any real picture of what happened. Just the typical hate campaign.

[res0nat0r]

A hate campaign orchestrated by Forbes, Wired, CNet, The Register and Businessweek?

[CamperBob2]

Honestly, that just makes me wonder if his biggest crime has been scaring some powerful people shitless.