Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Megaupload

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    In October 2013, VICE News was invited to visit the infamous tech mogul and creator of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, at his palatial property in New Zealand. Even though Kim is under house arrest-since he's at the center of history's largest copyright case-he's still able to visit a recording studio in Auckland. So check out this brand new documentary we made at Kim's mega-mansion and in the studio where our host, Tim Pool, got to lay down some backup vocals for Kim's upcoming EDM album while talking about online surveillance, file-sharing, and Kim's controversial case.
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  • @maxwell_lb7120
    @maxwell_lb7120 Před 6 lety +4720

    They came in his house like he was Pablo escobar or something ...

    • @NelsonMandela1999
      @NelsonMandela1999 Před 5 lety +112

      They always take down the good bro

    • @tajatajat
      @tajatajat Před 5 lety +71

      They were directed by FBI who convinced nz police he was a dangerous criminal

    • @johnnyblues16
      @johnnyblues16 Před 5 lety +13

      He might be earn money as much as Pablo, and the legal terms of what he was doing are questionable for us. But who knows, i'm not judging but who knows

    • @Gregsterr
      @Gregsterr Před 5 lety +3

      mAxWell_LB7 I’m the 1000 like and ima change your life

    • @secretissecret1764
      @secretissecret1764 Před 4 lety +30

      He is a german, ofc they need an army to stop him.

  • @Dkbay
    @Dkbay Před 7 lety +2085

    I'm surprised at how friendly and welcoming this guy is... just wow

    • @anik729
      @anik729 Před 7 lety +3

      Th3dkbay yeah...

    • @thomaas.1
      @thomaas.1 Před 7 lety

      Th3dkbay a

    • @Chillerlutschefinger
      @Chillerlutschefinger Před 6 lety +8

      *Thats how germans are* _but this guy has this tipical german thought that women can't drive hahah_

    • @MegaMapper
      @MegaMapper Před 6 lety +5

      +Niklas Bollwinkel
      -Be nice
      -Be German
      pick one

    • @oraalid0nitsi
      @oraalid0nitsi Před 6 lety +5

      I think the hospitality is from his finnish side :--)

  • @semperfidelis9083
    @semperfidelis9083 Před 4 lety +468

    It feels like the guy that was sent to interview kim seems more interested in playing around the house than actually doing the interview.

    • @emjaiz
      @emjaiz Před 4 lety +5

      trust me he wasn't. he was on kim's side the whole time. tim pool is his name and he's an independent journalist now.

    • @ENCXBG1
      @ENCXBG1 Před 4 lety +8

      Tim is also a founding member of Vice. He has blown up now and is probably one of the best, most honest, reporters of our time.

    • @dxshawn532
      @dxshawn532 Před 3 lety

      @Matthew G I wnated to see hie p meuh wait bo k no

    • @thomassencindiver
      @thomassencindiver Před 3 lety +10

      @@ENCXBG1 Ehm. I think you're wrong about that. Tim seems like a great guy, but being a founding member of VICE which was started in 1994? I have no idea how old he is, I HIGHLY doubt it though. Are you perhaps thinking of VICE news, or other parts of VICE?

    • @gordonshumway6128
      @gordonshumway6128 Před 3 lety +1

      @@thomassencindiver He founded Vice News. The other guy didn't know what he was talking about.

  • @sdds50
    @sdds50 Před 4 lety +2089

    Can’t believe they sent a child to interview him

    • @MCJimboy10
      @MCJimboy10 Před 4 lety +127

      But if it was a official suited man or older person it probably would not bring out the whole gamer and joker side of Kim as much. They seemed to get on too, I doubt he would have bombed that hill on the cart if it was a serious interview.

    • @kobod
      @kobod Před 4 lety +18

      @@MCJimboy10 I mean them bombing that hill didn't add a lot to the interview. They wouldn't need to send a suited up interviewer, but this interviewer was not the best choice either imo. There could've been a middle ground.

    • @89elmonster
      @89elmonster Před 4 lety +51

      Kim is genuinely having fun with the guy shut up

    • @thealphas1
      @thealphas1 Před 4 lety +17

      Jarmahent exactly, people wanting some boring ass old man to go and ask lame ass questions

    • @Titi-pu2hl
      @Titi-pu2hl Před 4 lety +14

      what's your problem ? the interview was fun

  • @MrTigerlore
    @MrTigerlore Před 6 lety +3163

    Alleging that Kim Dotcom has done something wrong with MegaUpload is like saying that someone should be arrested for building a road if someone drinks and drives on it.

    • @Seamo57
      @Seamo57 Před 5 lety +74

      Tiger H. Lore A perfect metaphor

    • @garrett3631
      @garrett3631 Před 5 lety +23

      Simile

    • @Seamo57
      @Seamo57 Před 5 lety +9

      WaffleshTheBrave Damnit you're right.... LOL... I don't even remember typing this.. must've been a blurry night..

    • @GypsyEncounters
      @GypsyEncounters Před 5 lety +3

      Best metaphor i have heardl!!

    • @darknightcorexd7227
      @darknightcorexd7227 Před 5 lety +7

      its not that they uploaded pirated content,they just refused to delete the content and made it impossible to find for publisher,you could find entire anime series uploaded on megaupload for months.

  • @KILO993
    @KILO993 Před 4 lety +2136

    Not gonna lie; he seems like a pretty chill dude. And I love his interior design style lol

    • @originalunoriginal4055
      @originalunoriginal4055 Před 4 lety +50

      Yhh considering how rich he is, really level headed guy!
      No fancy suit, no arrogance, no degrading others. No expensive bling, flashy props

    • @plangiQQ
      @plangiQQ Před 4 lety +26

      He really has good style. I was outraged back then when he got arrested. I think it was the first case that proved for me that we live in a fucked up world. I hope he will be succesful in international politics

    • @Crank4life1
      @Crank4life1 Před 4 lety +8

      @@originalunoriginal4055 This man litterly played coinflipp with 100k

    • @firegames1001
      @firegames1001 Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah man he spends thousends of € to a streamer called : "Knossi". Its a slotplayer

    • @Crank4life1
      @Crank4life1 Před 4 lety +4

      @@firegames1001 And he doesnt even care😂😂, this ma made 250K a day😂😂

  • @dieterdreck4148
    @dieterdreck4148 Před 4 lety +1166

    und jetzt dreht er 50er spins mit Knossi haha

  • @awesomebears
    @awesomebears Před 4 lety +303

    - Created Megaupload
    - pioneered flash animations
    - Video chatting since 1999
    - #1 Call of Duty Player
    This is the hero we all need, but not the one we deserve

  • @blakesasha3517
    @blakesasha3517 Před 5 lety +858

    Reporter be like “Do you have any games on your phone?”

  • @BadAssEngineering
    @BadAssEngineering Před 5 lety +1082

    Then in 2016 Mark sells private Facebook information and nothing happens...

    • @pauldriessens715
      @pauldriessens715 Před 4 lety +11

      $5 billion fine

    • @mswen1983
      @mswen1983 Před 4 lety +104

      @@pauldriessens715 You mean the government took a $5b cut.

    • @donjuantrumpetajohnson
      @donjuantrumpetajohnson Před 4 lety +40

      @@mswen1983 Did users who's private info was sold got a piece of that 5 billion?

    • @mswen1983
      @mswen1983 Před 4 lety +19

      @@donjuantrumpetajohnson That's not how a protection racket works.

    • @JamesJames-bf5uy
      @JamesJames-bf5uy Před 4 lety

      @@mswen1983 👍👍

  • @TheSerwow
    @TheSerwow Před 4 lety +523

    "so the government is doing crimes against humanity "
    "yeah man, can we play gta 5?"

  • @SladeForelly
    @SladeForelly Před 4 lety +249

    I feel so bad for Kim, he seems like a really cool kid who got rick and kept being friendly to everyone. And "they" just wanna ruin his life because he created the drive concept before the owners of the world allowed

  • @TastyTyrone
    @TastyTyrone Před 7 lety +2496

    Why in the hell did they need that big of a raid. I mean he wasn't a violent criminal or anything.

    • @_Ojeii
      @_Ojeii Před 7 lety +74

      +Yael Malespin He lives in New Zealand.

    • @afifsulaiman8597
      @afifsulaiman8597 Před 7 lety +518

      and im sure he cant even fucking run

    • @jeffms2
      @jeffms2 Před 6 lety +62

      That is how the left deals!

    • @misstigerbubbles
      @misstigerbubbles Před 6 lety +60

      New Zealand government are basically liberals

    • @wjustinn
      @wjustinn Před 6 lety +66

      that's because he plays GTA

  • @thatdopekiddcasper
    @thatdopekiddcasper Před 7 lety +409

    See this is like "hey all these terrorists are using these cars to commit terror acts, let's ignore the terrorists and go after the man who invented it and ruin his life"

    • @user-zu1ix3yq2w
      @user-zu1ix3yq2w Před 7 lety +10

      thatsonyou nailed it

    • @TheRaveJunkie
      @TheRaveJunkie Před 7 lety

      "ruin his life" - he's in a fucking ridiculously large mansion, sorrounded by appaling abundance. this predilection for wealth that many commenters display is disgusting.

    • @TheDetass
      @TheDetass Před 6 lety +3

      Most of it was confiscated at first. He's only been able to hold on to some of it by fighting in court relentlessly. He still may yet lose it all if the new Zealand court decides to extradite him to the USA. The whole process is also hugely defacing to his character. If the western governments win, he'll be left with none of it and having to take care of a wife and 5 kids. Don't take it all in at surface value, do a little research.

  • @rachidg9522
    @rachidg9522 Před 4 lety +297

    Awsome , he’s wearing Crocs in front of his Gwagon 😂

    • @Electr0fleur
      @Electr0fleur Před 3 lety

      4:42

    • @Isabel-ge1ou
      @Isabel-ge1ou Před 2 lety

      LMAO I was thinking this also… I was like “ nice look, except the crocs.”

  • @ihateevilbill
    @ihateevilbill Před 4 lety +194

    The government should be ashamed of themselves. The fact that they went after him because he encrypts data transmission (like every site should) and doesnt keep any logs doesnt make him a criminal. Its disgusting.

    • @fatherlandchild2780
      @fatherlandchild2780 Před 4 lety +5

      US is extremely corrupt and led by Israel.

    • @hassan0098
      @hassan0098 Před 4 lety +1

      @Fatherland Child find the truth here: www.trunews.com and www.banned.video

    • @hassan0098
      @hassan0098 Před 4 lety

      find the truth here: www.trunews.com and www.banned.video

  • @ansiaaa
    @ansiaaa Před 9 lety +834

    I wish they sent someone better to do this interview, I bet it would have been way more interesting with all the things that Kim had to say

    • @steffanymayor1953
      @steffanymayor1953 Před 9 lety +61

      Exactly, this guy seems like an uninterested douche.

    • @jasonkingman8382
      @jasonkingman8382 Před 9 lety +19

      I wish they never stopped megaupload

    • @demonshaz
      @demonshaz Před 9 lety +3

      ansiaaa true

    • @Wulfcry
      @Wulfcry Před 9 lety +3

      ansiaaa The man is always watching.

    • @G4rg4m31_
      @G4rg4m31_ Před 9 lety +40

      ansiaaa I completely agree. This interviewer is the most idiotic I've ever seen. I can't believe that VICE sent this tard to film this with Kim.Com.
      All the idiot cared about was xbox, gaming and kim's possessions. Horrible interview

  • @chrizizdaman
    @chrizizdaman Před 7 lety +2254

    America, guilty until proven innocent.

    • @Ry-vh3js
      @Ry-vh3js Před 7 lety +8

      Chris614 well it's obvious they are guilty

    • @GravyyTrain
      @GravyyTrain Před 7 lety +12

      that was in New Zeland, did you even watch the video?

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman Před 7 lety +49

      USmadeInChina Did you watch the video? The US is trying to extradite him back to the US to charge him

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman Před 7 lety

      Mathias What do you mean?

    • @Ry-vh3js
      @Ry-vh3js Před 7 lety +1

      Chris614 he wants prove that they guilty

  • @nickbarrett7163
    @nickbarrett7163 Před 4 lety +384

    This host is to immature. He’s more focused on the shiny things instead of Kim

    • @The.Dude.Abides.
      @The.Dude.Abides. Před 4 lety +2

      too*

    • @ENCXBG1
      @ENCXBG1 Před 4 lety +4

      Are you kidding? Who else could connect with Kim than Tim Pool?

    • @rustinweiner2568
      @rustinweiner2568 Před 4 lety +18

      @@ENCXBG1 your mom

    • @denisimov
      @denisimov Před 4 lety +4

      Tim Pool was young back then. This video is 6 years old. Of course he would be distracted by shiny toys. Good old days of Vice. Listen to him now and you’ll see, he matured big time.

    • @metamodern409
      @metamodern409 Před 4 lety +1

      Tim fucking Pool v0.1

  • @vendelinnn
    @vendelinnn Před 4 lety +59

    0:44 wtf? could have just opened the gate. lmao

  • @traida111
    @traida111 Před 7 lety +1356

    Damn this guy is smart. I hope the people stand behind him

    • @Celevie
      @Celevie Před 6 lety +6

      traida111 fuck us govt

    • @crystalball020
      @crystalball020 Před 6 lety +4

      then you wouldn't be able to see everyone

    • @kaskahea1274
      @kaskahea1274 Před 6 lety

      traida111 mr too.

    • @brouderpri575
      @brouderpri575 Před 6 lety

      Furyan
      da gebe ich dir recht und die Merkel ist an der Führung und am korruptesten

    • @brouderpri575
      @brouderpri575 Před 6 lety

      Rechnung A
      dort würde ich lieber sein als in diesem land das sich als staat aufspielt wo es gar keins ist ich bin kein Reichsbürger oder des gleichen mir stinkt es da die deutschen menschen so verarscht werden und die Merkel auch noch unterstützt das es den deutschen Bürgern sehr schlecht geht die in dieses land kommen bekommen eine Abfindung und werden gut beschenkt von deutschen Steuergeldern

  • @c4ged305
    @c4ged305 Před 8 lety +943

    Kim seems like a really nice guy

    • @jayrose3787
      @jayrose3787 Před 6 lety +4

      C4geD he is

    • @horvathbotons0
      @horvathbotons0 Před 6 lety

      Not gonna lie that sounds really wrong

    • @Celevie
      @Celevie Před 6 lety

      C4geD i never knew his wife is lebenese

    • @adamyahan9263
      @adamyahan9263 Před 6 lety

      Inherent Emperor why does it matter where she is from.

  • @lucasbesbati
    @lucasbesbati Před 3 lety +16

    He literally founded MEGA after Megaupload was taken down, this guy is unkillable

  • @user-xg7fj2bb8t
    @user-xg7fj2bb8t Před rokem +11

    When Kim said 'imagine a leader using this spying system to attack their political opposition', he was preemptively describing Joe Biden and his criminal network........

  • @BaDMrFr0zty
    @BaDMrFr0zty Před 5 lety +485

    playing around on his segway while this man is talking about fighting for his family and internet freedom FFS...

  • @MrTitaniumBG
    @MrTitaniumBG Před 7 lety +2063

    a house like that and still wears crocs

    • @dalebainer3846
      @dalebainer3846 Před 7 lety +27

      this guy seems cool but the house is all black and white from what i saw ! if i had that much money id add abit of creation :)

    • @wolfmayner6274
      @wolfmayner6274 Před 7 lety +199

      I don't think he has to wear nice shoes to impress anyone with that house :/

    • @arthursaey
      @arthursaey Před 7 lety +102

      crocs are hideous but insanely practical and quite comfy as well

    • @TRXSHxSNIPER
      @TRXSHxSNIPER Před 7 lety +13

      Greenboff that's the best part about having money u can do what u want with it 😂

    • @MrTitaniumBG
      @MrTitaniumBG Před 7 lety +2

      Hahaha true, i bet he has a different paid for every day of the week $$$$

  • @struckmymind5458
    @struckmymind5458 Před 3 lety +17

    1. The guy was number 1 in COD
    2. He created a videocalling app in 1990s
    3. He created megaupload decades before, google drive & dropbox
    All while he was a teen.
    If he hadnt been raided & house arrested, he would have easily built a company having revenue combined of google+amazon+facebook+microsoft.
    Respect man.

  • @solomonnguyen3155
    @solomonnguyen3155 Před 4 lety +32

    I’m just mind blown that Kim is just as tall as the interviewer is on a Segway.

  • @fapl985
    @fapl985 Před 4 lety +3682

    This reporter is like that annoying son your parent's friends bring on a visit and you have to put up with him messing with all the stuff in your bedroom.

  • @bassemzammeli1553
    @bassemzammeli1553 Před 5 lety +705

    freaking legend the 2006 to 2012 era was the golden age of internet

    • @losangeles6136
      @losangeles6136 Před 5 lety

      HOW SO?

    • @totalrata7432
      @totalrata7432 Před 4 lety +14

      This and Usenet emule soulseek man that shit was great BUT we still have shit like i2p now with bigly so it never dies. It can't die. You have to shut the whole internet down. And then still people will figure out how to share p2p.

    • @calamorta
      @calamorta Před 4 lety +10

      true
      back when the internet wasn't shit to the point we had little to do (90s-early 2000s) but also wasn't censored because governments didn't take it too seriously

    • @xl000
      @xl000 Před 4 lety +5

      how is 2006 to 2012 era the golden age of internet ?
      low res youtube, slow internet connections, almost no mobile internet devices, and so on
      It only goes better with time.

    • @JAHomeRenos
      @JAHomeRenos Před 4 lety +2

      @@losangeles6136 that's obviously his era of being online. I've online since the mid to late 80's so for me the mid to late 80's until the mid 90's was peak time. For guys like me anyhow, That's back in the days when we were still phreaking and hacking was mostly done for the sole purpose of learning and sharing information.

  • @DCFXJoe
    @DCFXJoe Před 4 lety +18

    The guy that struggles over the little gate when raiding is too funny

  • @LunarHCF
    @LunarHCF Před 2 lety +2

    this guy is really chill

  • @gonk1673
    @gonk1673 Před 6 lety +1241

    I love this man, he got billions of dollars , cars , an enormous house and a lot of awesome things BUT wear crocs

    • @brouderpri575
      @brouderpri575 Před 6 lety +2

      elgamer 41
      da diese Crocs eigentlich sehr Bequem zu Tragen sind man muß aber öfter die Füsse waschen wegen Fußschweiß ich Pfeife auf die neue Rechtschreibung.

    • @dpjtpa
      @dpjtpa Před 5 lety +3

      Yea I laughed like hell when I saw that

    • @pete7354
      @pete7354 Před 5 lety +4

      and now he is broke

    • @berncasper3985
      @berncasper3985 Před 5 lety +10

      all of us super millionaires wear what is comfortable, we don’t care what your opinion is.

    • @dearingly601
      @dearingly601 Před 5 lety +2

      @@pete7354 he's not even close to broke money is frozen he has money but is being investigated boi get the facts straight

  • @FuriousFurricane
    @FuriousFurricane Před 7 lety +343

    Mr. Dotcom seems like a cool and laid back guy, good luck to him.

    • @tyler3753
      @tyler3753 Před 6 lety +3

      The United States of America few years later playing fortnite with ninja

  • @hermes769
    @hermes769 Před 4 lety +37

    I honestly can't even count how much pirated content can be accessed though major companies. Google drive, Facebook and MediaFire just to name a few... But ofcourse mega gets it

    • @hussein6173
      @hussein6173 Před 3 lety +1

      Especially on drive. You can watch literally any mainstream movie you want

  • @lanzortiz3199
    @lanzortiz3199 Před 4 lety +95

    Is this dude really interviewing him? Or is he secretly jealous of this guys life, he seems like he wanna try all he have.

    • @alexanderorr2528
      @alexanderorr2528 Před 4 lety +9

      That's tim pool, he's the worst. He regurgitates hollow and super biased talking points on his web show while troglodytes dance around him and declare him based. Unaware that they are simpletons being click farmed for ad revenue.

    • @metamodern409
      @metamodern409 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol Tim Pool's alright...

    • @dxshawn532
      @dxshawn532 Před 3 lety +1

      @@alexanderorr2528 Wrojg, tim ool id a modarn days filiosifer.
      The
      Stuffs he said are had saying are very deep. he best reporter. U just soun like a karen ir boomer.

    • @SAVOTYB
      @SAVOTYB Před 3 lety +1

      @@dxshawn532 why do you type like that multiple comments all in your weird ass language or whatever that is.

    • @noneofyourbusiness1114
      @noneofyourbusiness1114 Před 3 lety

      Tim pool has a compound of his own now. His strong point with journalism is not interviews, that's all this is lol.

  • @KoopaKart
    @KoopaKart Před 9 lety +2622

    I really like this guy, can't find one negative thing to say about him

    • @HassHansson
      @HassHansson Před 9 lety +72

      Guys, he could probably buy your families and then buy a mega jet and buy a volcano which he drives the airplane stuffed with your families on it. And then he buys explosives to sink the island. And there he just lost some pocket money

    • @KoopaKart
      @KoopaKart Před 9 lety +46

      ***** Someone sounds jealous.

    • @KoopaKart
      @KoopaKart Před 9 lety +40

      ***** Quite the opposite hahaha, fuck off back to 9gag young one

    • @DaveBudness
      @DaveBudness Před 9 lety +1

      Right with yeah Like to have a fun video game friend like him

    • @chrispercy1499
      @chrispercy1499 Před 9 lety +23

      Well, he's attacked journalists, refused to pay his workers and even forced one to work for him for a few days non stop with out sleep, he's done prison time for stealing people's credit card information and selling it on, and he's been charged with embezzlement. Just to name a few things.

  • @trkoo
    @trkoo Před 6 lety +2524

    Reporter is like a kid... Asking to ride his Segway, play gtaV...

    • @rickydlp
      @rickydlp Před 5 lety +91

      I believe a lot of reporters will do that kind of stuff, it just won't be on video. Michael Jackson showed us that when he recorded Martin Bashir for the report that he was doing. Martin was warming up to Michael, being as nice as possible, very amicable behind the scenes. Martin Bashir didn't show that, because he had a different narrative for the report he was going to air, but Michael showed how he really was.
      Reporters/Journalists warm up to the people their reporting on, especially if it's a multiple day thing. That's how you get them to open up and talk about stuff that they may not have discussed with someone who just 'hey, i have a few questions for you, hope you answer them'
      got to gain trust. that means building a relationship, even if it's a facade.

    • @RummyAndKoch
      @RummyAndKoch Před 5 lety +48

      That's Tim Pool back when he was a kid. Check out his channels Tim Pool and Timcast, he's pretty good. Check out his report on Sweden.

    • @heffe8056
      @heffe8056 Před 5 lety +23

      dotcom is like a kid so seems fitting

    • @michaelburnhamdidnothingwr7785
      @michaelburnhamdidnothingwr7785 Před 5 lety +10

      Back when Tim Pool was Kid-Pool...
      Timcast is good. Balanced reporting for the most part. Perhaps a little biased here....shilling for the Segway.

    • @ethank5681
      @ethank5681 Před 5 lety +6

      Trkoo surprise surprise, vice reporters are shit

  • @BengVideo
    @BengVideo Před 4 lety +35

    der deutsche akzent ist immer noch vorhanden :D

  • @gatrow581
    @gatrow581 Před rokem +5

    Bro wtf 😂😂 I open this up and see Tim Pool wtf

  • @subhankhalid9062
    @subhankhalid9062 Před 7 lety +1284

    hes worth billions of pounds, yet not one gucci belt, not one pair of jordans, just a simple pair of crocs and a tracksuit. Fucking legend👊

    • @dynaryda8857
      @dynaryda8857 Před 7 lety +55

      Subhan Khalid not every one that has money wants to look like a trapper

    • @noynoyabnoy1556
      @noynoyabnoy1556 Před 7 lety

      I-IA/\/\ N

    • @subhankhalid9062
      @subhankhalid9062 Před 7 lety

      Noynoy Abnoy ?

    • @zacmcmenemy7583
      @zacmcmenemy7583 Před 7 lety +3

      I-IA/\/\ N have you seen his house, he is a billionaire

    • @cheekybstrd4652
      @cheekybstrd4652 Před 7 lety +48

      Are you trying to say he is a modest rich man??...Rich people have different interests...some buy gucci belts, other's buy giraffes.

  • @itsfast1422
    @itsfast1422 Před 4 lety +1699

    Dude seriously just asked if he can play grand theft auto, while interviewing, and touring Kim's house. "facepalm"

    • @liam2053
      @liam2053 Před 4 lety +24

      He’s a purple alien for sure

    • @fiftysquiggly
      @fiftysquiggly Před 4 lety +102

      The criticism being placed on this reporter surprises me. Look for a moment at the demeanor of Kim Dotcom. Kim Dotcom was a young tech entrepreneur. He has a grander-than-life personality and revels in his personal accomplishments. He is very much a social, down to earth, pop-culture type of guy - writing his own music, playing in Call of Duty competitions, etc. Tim Pool was the *perfect* person to send in this example. His demeanor and personality matched that of Kim Dotcom's extremely well, which is something that sets an interview like this apart from interviews with other large news organizations. It wasn't just a talking head interviewing Kim - it was a man whose demeanor and personality, or at least the demeanor and personality he displayed in this video, was almost made to match with Kim Dotcom, making the interview less like and interview and more like natural/casual interaction - like two buddies talking. Some people may call that unprofessional, I call that a good way to loosen up the interviewee and get a perspective you otherwise wouldn't.

    • @itsfast1422
      @itsfast1422 Před 4 lety +19

      @@fiftysquiggly Yeah, completely disagree.

    • @someusername1872
      @someusername1872 Před 4 lety +43

      @@fiftysquiggly Doesn't take away from the fact that when it was time to ask some serious questions he was fucking around. Absolute dogshit interviewer, the only thing that saved this interview was Kim's personality

    • @Studio23Media
      @Studio23Media Před 4 lety +14

      Shaun He botched it badly. Yes that kind of casual interaction is good, but when you take it too far and you push too hard for it, it gets awkward very quickly.

  • @ElliotBrownJingles
    @ElliotBrownJingles Před 2 lety +6

    Great episode! Informal, relaxed interview has a great effect. We get to see the everyday, humourous side of Kim yet it's juxtaposed with the horror of choppers descending on a civilian house like it's a warzone.

  • @SimonsRandomRants
    @SimonsRandomRants Před 4 lety +1

    I enjoy listening to someone who can calmly and clearly articulate their story.

  • @hometeamhistory806
    @hometeamhistory806 Před 10 lety +3224

    He just might be the most interesting man in the world

    • @jamiereilly5972
      @jamiereilly5972 Před 10 lety +16

      I could not agree more

    • @hiota45
      @hiota45 Před 10 lety +43

      I disagree. He is just a rich guy with a half-assed attachment to some vague libertarian ideas All bark, no bite. Nice house though.

    • @guerillagripcatchclub
      @guerillagripcatchclub Před 10 lety +11

      I agree with you hiota45 He probably spends more time playing call of duty now instead of really being active in his cause.

    • @lolpower4076
      @lolpower4076 Před 10 lety +83

      Stuart Gordon dude hes under house arrest give him a break

    • @kody1654
      @kody1654 Před 10 lety +39

      I don't always play Call Of Duty, but when I do, I am the number one.

  • @zaneverovati
    @zaneverovati Před 8 lety +97

    In the era of sites like RapidShare, Megaupload, Uploaded etc, MegaUpload was the absolute ruler. The download speeds weren't stripped, the number of downloads was far less limited than on other sites that pushed you into Premium membership... It was the only one that I had a Premium for, I had my personal backup (huge) stored on their servers. It was, by far, the one with most potential to shake the foundations of everything known as "legal/copyright stuff" on the Internet as we know it. I cannot begin to imagine how big it would've been if the "authorities" didn't crack down on him and entire Megaupload service. Too bad people once again show their stupidity and go for the one who makes the tool, instead of those who manipulated it. It's like arresting the inventor of the M-16 rifle for every single kill made by that gun. The worst part is that the people behind the crack down really managed to make it look like it was goverment official business, when in fact, Hollywood's behind all that shit.
    What it resulted in is a classic "smoke 'em out" tactics, where people moved away from the more obscure (and secure) solutions such as MegaUpload, to using torrent clients which offer no protection, privacy or obscurity whatsoever.

    • @C00LFlame007
      @C00LFlame007 Před 8 lety

      Yea I agree no and no matter how many sites they take down more will show up, mega.nz is a perfect example

    • @Daluigi208
      @Daluigi208 Před 8 lety

      +Dejan Dragicevic Thankfully, MEGA has been a really good replacement to Megaupload.

  • @America-zh6rv
    @America-zh6rv Před rokem +2

    I enjoyed every second of this as well as totally on board in 2022 .Thank you Mr Kim Dotcom and Mr Tim Pool

  • @kidus_tv
    @kidus_tv Před 4 lety +1

    He's such a chill and caring guy

  • @achlya
    @achlya Před 9 lety +38

    Website - $175 million
    Estate - $35 million
    Car he uses just to get to his shed - $500,000
    Crocs - Priceless

  • @82ABN
    @82ABN Před 9 lety +92

    Honestly, Kim seems like a genuinely nice guy.
    10/10 would hang out with.

    • @82ABN
      @82ABN Před 9 lety +1

      That only makes it better :^)

    • @LutenendHirni
      @LutenendHirni Před 9 lety +2

      10/10 Would Bang :D

    • @andrepduarte
      @andrepduarte Před 9 lety

      Sadly he just "seems". If you investigate a little further, you will see he is nothing but a fat criminal. A rich criminal, who got a sprawling mansion off the profits of insider trading, selling pirated content (not hosting for free, like The Pirate Bay), and generally being a selfish do-everything-to-get-ahead guy.

  • @wqiojekpldlknbwjklopiwojaslKZ
    @wqiojekpldlknbwjklopiwojaslKZ Před 8 měsíci +1

    he comes off as a chill guy

  • @kaamilmirza6963
    @kaamilmirza6963 Před 4 lety +1

    Love how music to this episode is also given by Kim (in credits)

  • @v0b0ner
    @v0b0ner Před 9 lety +215

    He's a nice guy who didn't deserve this. He created a nice service that everyone liked. He cares about everyone's privacy, unlike every other website like facebook and such, they were all known to give information to the government and NSA.
    No one owns internet.
    Piracy does not hurt economy.
    If you don't spend those 5$ for a movie and you just pirate it, those 5$ will go to something else anyways, be it babyfood.
    Piracy feeds babies ~AdultSwim.

    • @jamesambrocio
      @jamesambrocio Před 9 lety +11

      And after piracy feeds those babies. Those babies will grow to be talented individuals that has potential to be recruited by the government, be it the NSA. So piracy helps feed NSA babies.

    • @oyvindipid
      @oyvindipid Před 9 lety

      James Ambrocio

    • @TheLobstersoup
      @TheLobstersoup Před 9 lety

      Michael Shulski I have a problem with the self-image of a "modest" man, Kim is trying to push here. Even if his yacht days are over, he still poses and behaves like a gangsta, even though he's just a pale fat man. I think he is genuinely talented, but at one point realized how much easier it would be to exploit the system than trying to change it. That's why I don't believe he wants change for the world, but merely for his business.
      As for piracy - it will always be there. I owned a C64 in the 80s. Guess how many games I'd bought for it? Zero. Because we all copied from each other back then already. The same goes for music. The infamous mixtape, for example. The thing is nobody earned from these copies. They were often the only way for us to get our games of music (I recorded lots of radio shows and cut them later - on my dual tape deck ^^). What Kim does is becoming the middleman that earns from these copies. It is a business after all - and not a small one. I think the problems we are discussing are rather ethical than jurisdicial ones. From the lawyers standpoint, Kim may be innocent, but from a moral standpoint he surely deserves some of the heat he is getting. The problem again is that he isn't the only one, and I think too that the US government is trying to state an example here. So, despite all reserves against the man and his nepotism, I do think he has to be supported in his case. I think the winner won't be the general public though, the winner will just be Mr. Kim Schmitz or Mr. Dotcom as he is known now.

    • @Ufomongo1
      @Ufomongo1 Před 9 lety

      TheLobstersoup C64. We even sent floppys with mail with stamp covered in plastic, with a note please return stamp so we could clean it and use again.

    • @hazaonly
      @hazaonly Před 8 lety

      +Arthas Leks If he is so good then why he give all his money to poor. How piracy is a good thing. Its like u work all day and paid at night. When u r moving ur house u see a beggar and give all money to him. BTW which one gives his pirate content money to donation. Your fucking logic sucks, man!

  • @Karrimor18
    @Karrimor18 Před 9 lety +566

    I enjoyed this video and I think this guy had a lot of smart and interesting things to say but honestly, this reporter came across as very unproffesional to me.
    He treated this interview as a chill/jam session in some parts. I mean riding around on his segway whilst the guy was speaking, getting him to set up his Xbox room to play GTA V and asking him to make music in his studio? I wouldn't mind that sort of thing if it was a "cribs" style interview but really, I expect a bit more proffesionalism here, y'know?
    Anyway, besides that, it was an enjoyable video

    • @apan77
      @apan77 Před 9 lety +33

      he didn´t question the morals of distributing illegal software, he didn´t question how IP creators should protect the work, that dude was just impressed by the cool stuff and money that guy had. Hailing him as a king or freedom and other propaganda.

    • @cornerstone6692
      @cornerstone6692 Před 9 lety +3

      This might be a message to him that if any real reporter with a name went there they would never work again.So Green is what you get.

    • @UhhNon
      @UhhNon Před 9 lety +3

      You must be new to Vice news then. Hell, in one of their interviews they got the real Walter White and the talked about Meth and how he operated in a 20 minute interview.

    • @RickyMOSH
      @RickyMOSH Před 9 lety +13

      I thought the same. He clearly checks his phone in the middle of his conversation with Kim. Like, come on guy.

    • @Nayr747
      @Nayr747 Před 9 lety +4

      apan77 Comcast distributes more pirated digital content in a day than Dotcom ever did.

  • @liamcollier2
    @liamcollier2 Před rokem +3

    First paragraph of Kim's wikipedia says..."He was arrested in 1994 for trafficking in stolen phone calling card numbers. He was convicted on 11 charges of computer fraud, 10 charges of data espionage and various other charges in 1998 that he served a two-year suspended sentence for. In 2003, he was deported to Germany where he pleaded guilty to embezzlement in November 2003 and after five months in jail awaiting trial he received another 20 months suspended sentence." None of this is mentioned in this report. Why?

  • @ici_marmotte
    @ici_marmotte Před 4 lety +38

    I used to love Megaupload more than a decade ago :) Incredible download speed for free users those days. I remember being so impressed about 1,2 MB/s when I had my first own internet connection :D And Kim seems to be a good guy, all the best for him!

    • @orlandofurioso7329
      @orlandofurioso7329 Před rokem +1

      Also the amount of great stuff that was on megaupload was insane, everything was being shared

  • @johneli495
    @johneli495 Před 7 lety +319

    this guy is over the top extreme, but at same time very grounded, I like him

    • @billant2
      @billant2 Před 6 lety +2

      He's got some nice computers.... but the question is "Will it run DOOM?" he-he

  • @googletranslator9978
    @googletranslator9978 Před 6 lety +601

    Dude's balling out of control and he's rocking crocs. lol

    • @observer950
      @observer950 Před 5 lety

      Yeah so what's the problem with that?

    • @observer950
      @observer950 Před 5 lety +2

      @James Franko did you see lol on the comment what do you think means? Think about it!

    • @observer950
      @observer950 Před 5 lety +1

      @James Franko yeah right🙄

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri Před 5 lety +1

      Because he's obese..

    • @ksonen23
      @ksonen23 Před 4 lety

      Not true if you go back and look at the pictures of him in front of the jet and him with his kids and a few more if you notice he’s wearing some red shoes those are the jordan 21 “red suede” and I imagine he has a big foot and I only noticed cuz I myself am a sneaker head have that shoe and I imagine he’s at least a size 12-14 and found it right here on this consignment shop from 650-700$ depending on the size
      www.flightclub.com/air-jordan-21-varsity-red-metallic-silver-black-010380?size=14

  • @Catmajami
    @Catmajami Před 4 lety

    This man is so calm.

  • @marcosteinke
    @marcosteinke Před 4 lety

    This documentation is perfect in every aspect. It's informative, creative, professional, nice jokes

  • @davidthetechguy1
    @davidthetechguy1 Před 9 lety +275

    This man protected my internet... but he's still a console peasant.

    • @natep2236
      @natep2236 Před 9 lety +7

      David Torres and your just a peasant

    • @davidthetechguy1
      @davidthetechguy1 Před 9 lety +33

      Nate p go back to COD, console peasant.

    • @natep2236
      @natep2236 Před 9 lety +2

      I don't even play. You a real life peasant

    • @davidthetechguy1
      @davidthetechguy1 Před 9 lety +4

      Let me direct you somewhere. It's called r/consolemasterrace. I hope you have reddit.

    • @muccmaster
      @muccmaster Před 9 lety +3

      You're not even old enough to purchase COD kid. Go play your shitty Mac ports.

  • @101SAVIOR
    @101SAVIOR Před 10 lety +151

    I can appreciate a guy who is worth nearly a quarter billion dollars and runs a massive international company and still has the confidence to just be like "fuck it im going to wear crocs all day today."

    • @RobustFilms1
      @RobustFilms1 Před 10 lety +13

      honest to god that was the first thing i noticed.

    • @101SAVIOR
      @101SAVIOR Před 10 lety +7

      Nice to see you and i are on the same page

    • @101SAVIOR
      @101SAVIOR Před 10 lety +12

      ***** Hell fucking yeah

  • @tttiiaa
    @tttiiaa Před 3 lety +37

    Disappointed. This feels like a MTV Cribs episode since the reporter only focuses on Kim's wealth. There is a way to be casual and still interview well so that the audience can get something from it.

  • @MrRullakebu
    @MrRullakebu Před rokem +2

    9 year old video and this has gotten more and more relevant...

  • @KenniEdits
    @KenniEdits Před 6 lety +317

    He's such a positive dude.

  • @TennesseeSlim
    @TennesseeSlim Před 7 lety +276

    I would definitely chill with this dude

  • @LordSeemz
    @LordSeemz Před 4 lety +2

    4:45 that power stance with the crocs 😂😂

  • @sapple4291
    @sapple4291 Před 3 lety +3

    He seems so genuine and kind and I have so much respect for him. I mean he plays destiny 2, how much better can a person get

  • @daniel22980
    @daniel22980 Před 8 lety +323

    got hundreds of millions of dollars, a mansion and everything a man can dream of
    wears crocs

    • @sassynick5598
      @sassynick5598 Před 8 lety +26

      Crocs are life. Truly no happiness is truer than not giving a shit about other people's opinions of yourself

    • @daniel22980
      @daniel22980 Před 8 lety +2

      Crocs aren't even comfortable. they're just overpriced pieces of rubber shit that scream "I'AM A FUCKING VIRGIN"
      And let's be honest this guy wouldn't have hit it until he would have been atleast 35 if he wasn't rich as fuck
      So have a nice day, Mr.Weeb

    • @daniel22980
      @daniel22980 Před 8 lety +2

      plus most of the people i hate wear crocs all the time

    • @wurstmeister8768
      @wurstmeister8768 Před 8 lety +1

      Why not?

    • @maxczapski3608
      @maxczapski3608 Před 8 lety +5

      +Almi Gurt Shit, you sound (and look) like a virgin yourself. Who cares who you hate and what you think.

  • @bryson
    @bryson Před 10 lety +240

    This is a pretty chill video

  • @ashenblunts8865
    @ashenblunts8865 Před 4 lety +1

    Super cool guy honestly.. I can appreciate someone who has all he has but still has his feet on the ground and is just a normal guy with normal hobbies

  • @inacathrien1123
    @inacathrien1123 Před 3 lety +3

    The reporter doesn’t even let him finish his sentence

  • @emileheskey8744
    @emileheskey8744 Před 7 lety +461

    > be kim
    > get caught for piracy
    > change name to Kim Dotnet
    > "Hah they'll never find me now..."

    • @vinb4495
      @vinb4495 Před 7 lety +3

      Emile Heskey topkek

    • @UNUNUN11
      @UNUNUN11 Před 7 lety

      Emile Heskey 😂

    • @yaz2928
      @yaz2928 Před 6 lety +1

      > get caught again
      > change name to Kim Dotru
      > putin protects me now

  • @ixider7825
    @ixider7825 Před 10 lety +39

    The New Zealand people are glad to have you Kim.

    • @iDLaX12
      @iDLaX12 Před 10 lety +2

      we sure are, this guys is fighting our privacy over the internet

    • @ixider7825
      @ixider7825 Před 10 lety

      "fighting for"? or are you disagreeing with me?

    • @iDLaX12
      @iDLaX12 Před 10 lety +4

      fighting for, my bad

    • @chrisharding5447
      @chrisharding5447 Před rokem

      Speak for yourself.

  • @lukefairbanks8622
    @lukefairbanks8622 Před 3 lety +9

    even his opening argument is pretty solid "Why am I, just one man, being persecuted for hosting this type of activity when the internet is rife with this stuff?" power

  • @martinlutherkingjr.5582
    @martinlutherkingjr.5582 Před 2 lety +3

    Kim finished GTA V back in 2013 yet Rockstart still needs to keep re-releasing it

    • @Stephen_Eee
      @Stephen_Eee Před 2 lety

      They're just trying to keep up with Skyrim

  • @dnbjedi
    @dnbjedi Před 5 lety +519

    god bless this man he helped me get many rare files and game cracks, mp3 releases.....god bless Kim

    • @PoulJulle-wb9iu
      @PoulJulle-wb9iu Před 4 lety +13

      rare files sounds like something god wont condone, nor game cracks:P

    • @vinnie_wya
      @vinnie_wya Před 4 lety +9

      Only if this guy know the amount of help he has been EPIC GAMERS. Very cool Kim

    • @PoulJulle-wb9iu
      @PoulJulle-wb9iu Před 3 lety

      @Matthew G I have no idea lol, but 11 others got it

    • @dxshawn532
      @dxshawn532 Před 3 lety

      @Matthew G The god your mama worships on her knees.

  • @grberkh
    @grberkh Před 4 lety +403

    Not feeling the interviewers questions. I would’ve liked more “real” questions.

    • @debtrunner7929
      @debtrunner7929 Před 4 lety +6

      Dude, he didn't want to piss him off and end it

    • @josh-rz3uq
      @josh-rz3uq Před 4 lety +21

      It's Tim Pool. He's a fucking dumbass.

    • @dac518
      @dac518 Před 4 lety +9

      @@josh-rz3uq I've hated him since I started getting suggestions for his 10 minute videos where he reads other people's news articles. Seeing his work on voice really connects the dots. Dude just wants to be famous/have fun, definitely not on board with bettering society lol.

    • @soager-tz1qg
      @soager-tz1qg Před 4 lety +2

      That interviewer is no "real" journalist.

    • @heinrichmuller7974
      @heinrichmuller7974 Před 4 lety +2

      i'd agree 100%, they leave the bit about chris dodd, lobbyism and the conflicts of interest till the very end and even then it's cut in-between them making a song??...

  • @JohnnyDLaw
    @JohnnyDLaw Před 11 měsíci

    this guy is chilled af

  • @shulbywolf
    @shulbywolf Před 5 měsíci +1

    I had so much files on Megaupload never get it back anyways so much Nostalgia Kim Dotcom don't deserve this... RIP megaupload best site ever all the time!

  • @headswillroll89
    @headswillroll89 Před 7 lety +178

    He seems like one of the coolest rich guys ever.

  • @Dan-tf9kb
    @Dan-tf9kb Před 6 lety +223

    At the time of the raid he was the number 1 Call Of Duty player in the world

    • @RandomMocker
      @RandomMocker Před 6 lety +9

      Top notch dictation skills there.

    • @joeturk8159
      @joeturk8159 Před 5 lety +4

      RandomMocker he should add it on his CV

    • @dankmheems290
      @dankmheems290 Před 5 lety +7

      I played that game till my eyes bled and I barely madee 9981 for a week.

    • @credenzia
      @credenzia Před 5 lety

      Thing is he just wasn’t 😂 he peaked at 80th after you discount hackers

  • @khasyoutube
    @khasyoutube Před 4 lety

    love his calm speech

  • @divyabattina1035
    @divyabattina1035 Před 4 lety +1

    Superb Video.

  • @CBSonPc
    @CBSonPc Před 10 lety +64

    He seems like a really nice guy. Anyone who wears crocs means no harm to anyone or anything.

  • @jayzah
    @jayzah Před 10 lety +56

    He's so humble, i feel ashamed my government treated him like a common terrorist.

    • @anotheronethankyou
      @anotheronethankyou Před 10 lety +2

      So humble ? DID YOU SEE HIS FUCKING HOUSE AND HIS FUCKING WIFE ?!

    • @maxfontaine8784
      @maxfontaine8784 Před 10 lety +8

      Lloft96
      there is nothing wrong with being rich and having an attractive wife. His money came from things he built, his own creativity and hard work, he deserves all the wealth. There is a difference between that rich and the rich we see using politics. Back door deals and all the ways government officials become rich is immoral.

  • @slimyelow
    @slimyelow Před rokem +3

    He is a builder and I know from experience that tapping into this energy will always make you feel fulfilled, even when the bad guys come after you.

  • @rafinaufal88
    @rafinaufal88 Před 3 lety

    We should thank this guys..for all the file we get from megaupload

  • @richardtimmsdesign
    @richardtimmsdesign Před 8 lety +65

    This fucking guy. Seriously deserves everything he has.

  • @StudioAnnLe
    @StudioAnnLe Před 10 lety +306

    Really fascinating. I am not a supporter of piracy, but I am a big supporter of internet freedom.

    • @prasidhaprabhu310
      @prasidhaprabhu310 Před 10 lety +1

      i ove internet freedom as well!!!

    • @Tazersguad
      @Tazersguad Před 10 lety +3

      ***** Its going to really suck for gamers!

    • @HybridMoments123
      @HybridMoments123 Před 10 lety +2

      not a supporter of privacy...but a supporter of internet freedom... that's a huge contradiction

    • @thefearpt
      @thefearpt Před 10 lety +13

      HybridMoments123 she said "piracy", not "privacy". it's a huge difference

    • @Stormvionics
      @Stormvionics Před 10 lety

      HybridMoments123 What Valter Santos said....

  • @introvert_ed
    @introvert_ed Před 4 lety +1

    I like this man
    very calm and talks very specifically.
    Doing Good jobs
    Go ahead

  • @joeoteah1072
    @joeoteah1072 Před 3 lety +6

    This went from a cool interview to an mtv cribs episode
    Edit: back to a cool interview

  • @antinsanwo
    @antinsanwo Před 10 lety +180

    this dude is a legend, he should be getting more support from the public, he is doing us all a huge favour

  • @johnaktionparty7062
    @johnaktionparty7062 Před 7 lety +40

    This guy is a gamer, enterpreneur and an actual mastermind. he deserves every bit of it.

  • @Ajax_Operator
    @Ajax_Operator Před rokem +2

    didnt even realize it was Tim Pool until halfway through this video

  • @TypicalZoomer
    @TypicalZoomer Před rokem +3

    Absolute legend

  • @HugoHakvoort
    @HugoHakvoort Před 9 lety +96

    I miss megaupload :(

    •  Před 9 lety

      ***** The website belongs to a New Zealand domain.

  • @glasscake
    @glasscake Před 10 lety +64

    He fucking pioneered online flash animation?!
    I am an online flash animator and I never knew this.
    Even more respect for this man.

    • @GenderPranks
      @GenderPranks Před 10 lety +3

      Bro is it bad that I love you now?

    • @TheJam974
      @TheJam974 Před 10 lety +4

      maybe look into it rather than just believing it because vice said it. wouldn't be surprised if it turned out he had played a rather small part in it. seems like a cool guy with good morals though.

    • @zimbu_
      @zimbu_ Před 10 lety +2

      He didn't code the program Flash. Idk what "pioneered Flash animation" means here, but he hasn't actually been a part of the dev teams.

  • @rossgroepe3147
    @rossgroepe3147 Před 3 lety

    I love this dude he just seems so humble

  • @lucacollas
    @lucacollas Před 3 lety

    I just love how he´s chillin on the segway interviewing.

    • @tool914
      @tool914 Před 3 lety

      He needed it to be at eye level