By Alastair Thompson
While the following story is about Kim Dotcom and his new encrypted data delivery network MEGA.co.nz, it addresses a great deal more than piracy and copyright law enforcement. The author – Scoop founder, editor and General Manager Alastair Thompson (a member of the New Zealand Parliamentary Press Gallery for 20 years) – brings together a range of observations, images and videos on aspects of what is unquestionably the biggest and most nuanced NZ internet story ever. The context given here – particularly for an international audience – demonstrates how confusing the story of Kim Dotcom and Megaupload is for New Zealand and New Zealanders. The author seeks to explain why that is the case (it’s due to a complicated matrix of factors), and in the process reveal the true scale of the story that our nation has unwittingly become a part of.
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