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You’re No Aaron Swartz! Kim Dotcom’s Sleazy Transformation Into Activist

With the legal case against him unraveling, colorful Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom is back with a new site and a new agenda: convincing us he’s a free-speech martyr. Don’t buy it, writes Michael Moynihan.

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Last January, the New Zealand police, heavily armed and acting in cooperation with the FBI, raided the sprawling mansion of German-born Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom.

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