"end even trying, and failing miserably, to promote a political part"
Which part would that be then?
This is good news if true - the world needs a trustable way of sharing large lumps of data.
"The full interview, packed with all manner of theories about judicial conspiracies, copyright and crypotography"
That's a little unfair, I think. The man has been dry-arse-fucked by a government half a world away over copyright. Sure, the original Megaupload was sailing pretty close to the wind; but so were/are many other similar services that haven't been touched. Also the SWAT teams, dawn raids, confiscation of assets etc. haven't been what you would call ethical.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
