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 Hollywood controls politics and the government is killing innovation 

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In a song titled "Mr President" released on YouTube, the self-styled cyber freedom fighter, who allegedly masterminded a massive online piracy business, compares himself to US civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King.

Dotcom, free on bail in New Zealand awaiting a US attempt to extradite him for alleged copyright theft, raps "don't vote for those who would take us back in time".

"What about free speech Mr President, what happened to change Mr President," the German national continues in the song, which has attracted almost 500,000 views since it was posted on YouTube on Sunday.

He also complains "Hollywood controls politics" and "the government is killing innovation".

The clip uses footage of civil rights protests from the 1960s as Dotcom sings "I have a dream like Dr King", and more recent pictures of Occupy movement demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes masks.

A website launched to accompany the song, www.kim.com, features a countdown to the US election in November and asks "if Megaupload.com is not back online by November 1st will you vote for Obama?".

Megaupload and related file-sharing sites were closed in January, when armed New Zealand police cooperating with a US investigation raided Dotcom's luxurious mansion in Auckland.

In a case that US prosecutors describe as the world's largest copyright action, Megaupload, Dotcom and three co-accused have been charged with money laundering, racketeering, fraud and online copyright theft.

The FBI and US Justice Department allege Megaupload sites netted more than $175 million in criminal proceeds and cost copyright owners more than $500 million by offering pirated copies of movies, TV shows and other content.

Dotcom, who denies any wrongdoing, faces up to 20 years jail if convicted in a US court. He is due to appear at an extradition hearing in the New Zealand High Court in March next year.

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Thu Jun 20 07:51:52 SAST 2013 ::

Jul 24, 2012

Lehido

The guy in the picture is Rick Ross, NOT Bot-bloody-com
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Jul 25, 2012

mopostolo

is tht Rick Ross?
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Jul 25, 2012

mathopeed

The GUY is RICK ROSS mos, you SOWETAN leya thoma ne. Anywy, a kere ditedu die man, okare o tsena kereke ya SHEMBE.
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Jul 25, 2012

Goodest

And there i was looking for Rick Ross's involvement in this... Sowetan!
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Jul 25, 2012

CheeseBoy

Sowetan why you putting Rick Ross's pic on the article?

anyway the sad reality is that Americans are in k@k street for the simple reason that no matter who they vote for (Democrat or Republican) both parties answer to the same masters.

The Banking/Oil cartels controls/have been controlling just about all of United states and a large part of the globe.

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Jul 25, 2012

DJWinner

Yes, this is 'Boss'. Sowetan knows nothing about music. Not so long ago, they call Usher a hiphop artist.
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Jul 25, 2012

sabza007

The guy that they talked about here (not in the picture shown) has shot himself in the foot, definitely he is going down.Criticizing the president in public like that whereas you still have to go to court to prove your innocence.

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