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Trigger cease and desist letters to banks, and online record/movie stores in 5...4...3...2..1 (payback is a bitch)

Banks ignore. It goes to court. As he's the sole named on the patent, the judge requires his presence in US courtroom. I think it goes without saying that he will never come to the US.

None of this would benefit anyone other than Mr Dotcom.

(Payback to who for what exactly?)

The implication is that the tactics used against Kim Dotcom were done so at the behest of Hollywood pressuring the US government to 'do something,' who then in turn leaned on the NZ government to 'do something.' That's the Hollywood part of the comment.

I guess the 'banks' part is because Kim's assets were frozen, but that's not the fault of the banks. There's no need for revenge against them.

Kind of.. I actually spouted it off as a joke, but several people didn't like it apparently, or didn't see it as so.

The Hollywood part is spot on... the bank part was me confusing some bits of the actions against wikileaks with kimdotcom/megaupload.

Sorry. I think was Poe's Law[1] in action again.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law

He's had this patent for 13 years, and he hasn't done it yet. Why would he start now?

In his twitter feed: "I never sued them. I believe in sharing knowledge & ideas for the good of society. But I might sue them now cause of what the U.S. did to me"

No idea what his finances are, but it could be way to raise money for defending himself.

You might be right. Another recent tweet from him: "All of our assets are still frozen without trial. Defending our case will cost USD 50M+. I want to fight to the end because we are innocent."

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