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Except, he paid people for, and promoted the upload of copywrited works. He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating. Some people love him, but he will see his day in court apparently, but no one wants to even deal with him because he's gone crazy.



We had a friend who threw amazing parties because he had this sort of transgressive sense of humor. He got rich, retired young, and I fully believe that the professional peer pressure was the main thing keeping his screws tight because he just fell apart over three years. At one point he was telling my spouse he was trying to make himself crazy. Congratulations bud, you already are. Sane people don’t do that.

Predatory people took advantage of his behavior and generosity, and by thirty he was involuntarily committed, his mother given power of attorney. My spouse was the person feeding his mom the information she needed to see to intervene. All he had left was the equity in his condo and $50k.

I’m not sure I believed the deranged millionaire trope until I met this guy. And I watch my younger friends and acquaintances for signs of mania that masquerade as out of box or transgressive thinking.


How did your friend get rich, and how did people take advantage of him?


Massive mooches, and a “situationship” with a woman who wasn’t quite his girlfriend.

Microsoft millionaire.


Source for "he's gone crazy"? Curious about the degree of crazy, since he seemed pretty out there from the start.


Looking at his Twitter, he peddles a bunch of conspiracy theories.


Sure, pirating means comandeering of a ship, not distribtion of copyrighted works.

He probably has a plan in a nearby Pacific jurisdiction like Vanuatu. Best of luck!


The language we humans use in casual conversation is a lot more fluid than that, you need to be able to deal with it.


Not when the language is used to accuse someone of a crime. He is no pirate, obviously.

> He knowingly participated and basically tailored his products to pirating


Nor is piracy, in the literal sense, the crime he is accused of. So I'm not sure what you're up in arms about.





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