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Yeah, Sunde's far from being the martyr he's trying to portrait.

"8 months in jail in Sweden" is not that much of a big deal, I mean, jail is still jail but he's writing it as if he were some kind of digital Mandela, far from it, I'd argue that the publicity associated with his sentence was extremely beneficial in terms of exposure of the site and thus economical revenue.

Yesterday's post about him not being OK with what TPB had become (a sexist 10th anniversary party, a site full of ads) really show how twisted the guy's mind is; he truly believes (or wants the public to believe) that his ideals are good and pristine and that the business he created had spontaneously (and against his will, yeah) became something else. Well done is better than well said; I'll believe his statements the day he spends a major part of his wealth in supporting actual charity or at least some kind of net-neutrality non-profit projects. This guy is Kim Dotcom all the way.




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