Topic: Kim Dotcom Mansion: Press conference 2013-01-19 GMT - page 2. (Read 20494 times)

I actually believe this is an unlosable war. It's just the timescale that could be a bitch ...

I basically dis-agree.

For one, it is still the case that many people (in the West at least) have an innate sense that 'liberty' (at risk of using a loaded term) is a good thing and something to be in favor of.  That sentiment can be squashed with the proper regime of propaganda.  I feel that this propaganda is very much underway and is being fairly successful, but it still takes a fair amount of time.  When the populations are prepared to accept totalitarianism in terms of freedoms of action, it will be unlikely that such things as Bitcoin and general privacy will be able to survive.  But we are not there yet by my estimation, but well on the way.

Secondly, there is an element of mutually assured destruction as I alluded to which relates to totalitarian regulation information exchange.  It will be unpleasant and costly for even those who have access to the reigns of power, and more critically, to their friends/benefactors.  Actually implementing a program of fascist control of the global internet is probably not something which anyone looks forward to.  Even those who could pull it off.  But as time goes by it becomes more tenable rather than less.  Thus, the cost of cracking down on us plebs will increasingly look like the lesser of to evils (the other option being loss of control and extractive operations against us.)

We could possibly win this war, or at least sue for tolerable peace terms at this point.  I feel that our chances diminish from here forward.  I could be wrong.

The fallout and subsequent endgame appear unfavorable to the general public, and yet inevitable.

The best hope is to prolong  the period of time until then. Aggravating  the "bad side" into action serves only to expedite the process.

Dotcom seems to me to be, so far, playing a perfect game.  The strongest evidence that he is not on the 'good' side is that he has executed with uncanny perfection in the time I've been paying attention (only since 'mega' started.)

I do fear that the 'bad' side has the ability to use whatever force escalation is required to win, but only at the expense of radically changing landscape and possibly in a way that would be to negative for them to stomach.  But the situation and balance of arms is not going to get any better for us as time goes by.  Our best chance is probably to release the hounds sooner than later.  Satoshi and Dotcom seem to be doing so, and they have my support and respect at this point.

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lol, yeah amazing coincidence

How about this bit of viral marketing tucked in there .... 10% bitcoin rake for affiliate referrals, just slip in your btc address into the link.

https://bitvoucher.co/help/affiliates/

What an amazing coincidence. It looks like a new bitcoin payment processor just started up in New Zealand:

https://zipbit.co/about-us

Wow ... he waited until after the hoopla had died down to release the torpedos ... this is significant.

Remember when the Pentagon, like any other government agency, says they have some new initiative what they mean is some contractor has given them a good reason to ask for more money.

Nobody at the Pentagon cares about "cybersecurity", they care about getting a high-paying job in the "private" sector once they retire from the military. It's all about funnelling money into the right hands.

max u can thank me later 

good interview
Kim Dotcom: 'I want to encrypt half of Internet
I think this war between Hollywood,CB's will not end well
Pentagon Looks to Beef Up Cybersecurity Force

Kim, as we know in Germany, is some kind of impostor.

He was portrayed in the media as hacker or cracker that he never was.

It was always people around him.

He seems to be somewhat a good marketeer and have talent at executing though. So nothing wrong with that.

But I guess his technical fellows would have to be convinced first then. If they fall for the usual misconceptions and veto, he won't include Bitcoin.

You know, I'd laugh my ass off if he has just been soaking up supply to kick off bitcoin oriented business plans. I have to admit that the appreciation has stunned even me.

For anyone interested, I found this on Dotcom's twitter:

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Max Keiser ‏@maxkeiser
Bitcoin is to central banks what mega is to Hollywood: the solution. CB's and H'wood are both poison. Encryption is the cure.
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I could not agree more with Max.  Also, it seems to lend some strength to my suspicion that Dotcom is at the very least, keenly aware of Bitcoin though it remains a mystery what his exact feeling and plans are.

Love watching these press conferences.

Bitcoins are being accepted at hosting.co.uk for All products and services not just mega.

This is very good news!

Now this is good news!

Lets hope the others will follow.

Wow, now that is really cool. I didn't think this was going to happen so fast.

Awesome!

Well one of the Mega resellers http://www.hosting.co.uk/mega.php is no longer accepting PayPal and is now accepting Bitcoin. I guess we should thank the folks over at http://stopfilelockers.com/ for their part in this.  

To be more precise, my failure to communicate with you.  Adios.

Congratulations on your failure to communicate. Bye.