Please, Judge, Sir, Can You Make Kim Dotcom Give Us Our Money Back?

Ha ha ho ho hee hee.

Kim Dotcom is still not paying up for all the downloads he stole.

The copyright owners are still chasing him around.

Hey, "premium account" owners chased him too...and LOST.

When Megaupload went fat-belly up, Paypal declared, "Sorry, you can't get refunded. Yes, you bought a "premium" account in good faith, but so what. The money stays with Master Dotcom!"

Huh? Why? "Because you paid for a "service" not a "product."

Yes, yes, Paypal's fine print is that if you pay for a "service" you can't get your money back no matter what. Ha ha ho ho hee hee.

PS, when wonderful Kim knew his site was going to be shut down, he ran mammoth sales offering "pay for one month get two free" scams. That's deliberate fraud. Paypal shrugged. "We don't know that he knew the site was going under. Besides...it's a "service" ha ha. We don't refund on that, ho ho!"

YOU don't get money until the DEFENDANT has exhausted ALL avenues of defense. And even then, maybe not. Maybe NEVER.

Is THIS shit a surprise?

That the US Government (and copyright owners) STILL have to fuck around with this bastard, while he appeals and appeals?

Yeah, yeah, absolute thieves have the power.

You there, copyright owner, PROVE that these were illegal downloads. Spend a fortune on lawyers.

Ha ha ho ho hee hee.

Kim Dotcom might STILL get "HIS" money back.

Funny, too, that there's always a LAWYER willing to gamble on this. Or did the LAWYER get paid in advance?

Weasels always use the LAW to their advantage. Screwing creative people is a special delight with them.

The publisher buys your photos or stories or non-fiction. You discover after several months that the check (always late) hasn't arrived.

Unlike a mere fish and chips shop, which expects you to pay when you get your order, here, you must "bill" the publisher and WAIT for payment. And it might not come.

The publisher says "Don't be so impatient. Give me MORE stories, articles and photos. The check will arrive soon."

It never does.

The publisher laughs "We can get all the writers and photographers we want. Why not save a few thousand? Ha!"

You file in Small Claims. The publisher sends an illiterate janitor to represent him, and the janitor calls out "PAH-TEESH-SHUN!"

That's "petition." That means he's petitioning for another court date. And the defendant can do this again and again.

If YOU the plaintiff don't show up, CASE DISMISSED.

So the publisher sends his janitor again and again, hoping YOU won't show up. Eventually, you ask, "Please, Judge, Sir, don't do this to me any MORE..."

The judge says, "OK, final postponement."

You show up, and golly, NOBODY from the other side does. You won, at last!

Not so fast. You must contact the publisher and wait a "reasonable" amount of time.

The publisher STILL won't pay. NOW you have to contact the City Marshall, show him your court papers, and HE will get your money for you. IF the publisher is still in business and IF the City Marshall can find out what bank the publisher uses. The City Marshall can't just walk in and say, "Write a check, bastard." He must "garnishee" the bank account in question.

And then...and then...

Maybe you get paid. Or maybe the publisher declares bankruptcy, and then emerges a month later under a new name, with no debt obligations.

What's that phrase, "the legal wheels grind slow..." And mostly they don't move at all. HA HA HO HO HEE HEE.