Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web Page #4

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They don't go past this whole,

"There's infringement.

It's bad. End it."

[Steve] Megaupload was

effectively a copy cat

of some pirate services that

already existed at the time,

so there was no creative

innovation in what they did.

They just did it

better in the sense

that they bested

their pirate competitors

in terms of growing.

So the entire

business model was based

on distributing content

that Megaupload didn't own.

This guy is becoming

a multi, multi millionaire,

and dual use, this is not people

sharing their vacation photos

and then others paying a premium

to download them

a little faster.

This is just movie

after movie after movie.

[Robert] Kim Dotcom made a

lot of money for himself.

Did he make a lot of money

to fund all of the art

that he was

distributing for free?

No way.

Also remember that like

creators have rights.

I mean, in the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights,

which was signed by

the UN, not the MPAA,

you know, you have the right

to moral and material

interests of your work.

That's a big deal.

You wanna give it away for

free? Give it away for free.

You wanna stream it? Stream it.

You wanna put it on LaserDisc,

beam it into space,

show it on airplanes?

That's your choice.

But Kim was violating

the rights of a lot of people.

[cheering]

[Taplin] When someone like

Kim Dotcom put up a site,

and he collects

millions of dollars

of advertising income

off that site

to pay for his yachts,

his mansions,

and his private jets,

that's, to me, parasitical.

He is a parasite,

and he is sucking the blood out

of the artist's corporate body.

[man] Just one more time,

are you ready?

[cheering]

[Jonathan] So he's a criminal,

and it's just that simple.

You know, he deserved,

he should be in jail.

I'm not done

I've just begun

Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom

I'm not done

I've just begun

I've just begun

Kim Dotcom

That wasn't right.

Let's do it again.

[man murmuring]

And then the other one.

[Dotcom] I was working on a

music site called Megabox.

Megabox was actually

a real threat

to the music labels because

it empowered the artists,

and cut out the middlemen,

these monopolist labels that are

just stealing money from them,

and the artists loved that.

Hey, we have our hit, man.

And they were all excited.

They wanted to be

a part of that,

and that's why they decided

to promote Megaupload

in the way they have done.

And when I gotta send files

Across the globe

I use Megaupload

[voice whispering]

Mega Megaupload

And when I gotta send files

Across the globe

I use Megaupload

Mega Megaupload

I use Megauploads, man.

I like to use Megaupload.

I like Megaupload.

I like Megaupload.

I love Megaupload.

[Fisher] A whole bunch of

A-listers, well-known faces

singing a Megaupload jingle,

suggest that I might be.

I mean, that was really

sticking his fingers

up the noses of the record

companies and Hollywood.

Send me a file

Megaupload

But it was surprising

because I'm sure

that many of the labels that

represent these celebrities

were incredibly unhappy to see

that promo because

their message was one

that does not align very easily

with the copyright industry's

message,

that any kind of copyright infringement

hurts them, not helps them.

[Greg] Like, what is this?

Here are the artists

backing Kim Dotcom

and Megaupload at

a crucial time.

Listen, Kim Dotcom

is a PR genius.

He knows what

really makes impact.

He knows what people wanna see.

He knows

what's gonna affect them.

The guy's a genius

when it comes to that,

and Hollywood had no idea that he'd

be able to do this kinda thing.

That came out of nowhere.

Hey, I'm Alicia Keys,

and I use Megaupload.

Hi, I'm Naomi Campbell.

What up, doe? Megaupload.

I am Demi Moore.

Hey, what's up?

It's Kim Kardashian,

and I love Megaupload.

These people are whores.

They're... they're, you know,

wave a little check

in front of them.

They'll show up anywhere,

and that's what's so sad,

you know.

I mean, the music business

didn't use to be that way,

but now whether

it's brands or Kim Dotcom,

people are so anxious

to get some cash

that they'll do anything.

[Greg] He seemed to them

he was rubbing their nose,

that he was living

in this huge mansion

with all these cars,

living this high life,

and to them, he was doing

that with their money.

It was like, he had to go.

So he kinda, in a way,

he invited some of this.

[Glenn] He has long been viewed

as an adversary of the film and

entertainment industry in Hollywood,

and that industry wield

enormous political power

inside the United States,

and therefore it wields

great influence

within the halls of

power of Washington.

[reporter] Top lobbyist

for Hollywood told FOX

his industry is threatening to

cut off money to the President.

Don't make

the false assumption this year

that because we did it

in the years past

we're gonna do it this year.

This industry is

watching very carefully

who's going to stand up for them

when their job is at stake.

[Lawrence] Chris Dodd, the head of the

Motion Picture Association of America,

the most powerful lobbying group

for Hollywood in America,

was very explicit about the fact

that if you're not gonna

give us what we want,

we're not gonna give you what you

want when it comes around time

for you to raise money

to fund your campaigns.

Now that was more explicit

than he should have been

'cause it just

sounded so grotesque,

but what he was saying was

understood by everybody to be true.

[camera shutter clicks]

[Greg] I've heard

a lot of suspicion

about whether Hollywood

really did put pressure

on the President

to take down a site

that they believed was

pirating music and films.

And I would say,

"Yeah, absolutely."

That's what we do. He shouldn't

be surprised by that.

That's what happens.

You get in between

America and its money,

and you're gonna have

big problems.

[indistinct announcements]

[police officers

speaking indistinctly]

[computer keys clacking]

[security camera whirring]

[sparrows chirping]

[cackling]

[helicopter engine running]

[police officers talking]

[helicopter blades whirring]

[dog barking]

[security camera whirring]

[computer keys clacking]

[Grant] They've been arrested

on warrants relating

to breach of copyright

offenses in the United States,

money laundering

and racketeering.

Within New Zealand,

we have seized an excess

of six million dollars worth

of top-end motor vehicles

and over $10 million in cash

from several New Zealand

finance companies.

[man] More details of Kim Dotcom's

actions during the raid have emerged.

Police say when they arrived

in two helicopters,

Dotcom retreated into an

electronically locked panic room.

[man 2] They found him

clutching a sawed-off shotgun,

and they had to cut him

out of the room.

The firearm that was found,

sir, was illegal.

Here's a photo of it,

and it was loaded.

[speaking indistinctly]

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