Other Activities
Following the September 11 terrorist attack in the United States, Dotcom launched a group called Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terrorism (YIHAT). He claimed to have hacked Sudanese bank accounts belonging to Osama Bin Laden and offered a $10 million reward for information leading to Osama’s capture on his now-defunct kimble.org site.
Dotcom participated in a mock funeral procession for public broadcaster TVNZ 7 in downtown Auckland, on the day of its final broadcast. He had warmed to one of its more notable shows, Media7, for its championing of Internet freedom, and had been interviewed on the show at least once.
In August 2012, Dotcom released a music album titled Party Amplifier. Dotcom was already in the process of recording the album with friend and producer Printz Board (who wrote Yes We Can for Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign) when he was arrested. Printz and Dotcom recorded more than 20 songs at Neil Finn's Roundhead Studios in Newton, Auckland - one of which is called Mr President - an electronica protest against Barack Obama who Dotcom believes was involved in shutting down Megaupload.
In July 2012, Kim announced the launch of Megabox, a new music streaming service to rival Spotify, on Twitter.
Dotcom announced in October 2012 that Megabox would launch on January 19, 2013, the first anniversary of the closure of Megaupload and the raid on his Auckland property.
On November 2nd Dotcom announced a new file storage service similar to Megaupload which used the domain Me.Ga. It was to be launched January 19th 2013 but the African state of Gabon, which controls the .ga domain, blocked access to the site on November 6, 2012. The site has since registered the domains mega.co.nz and mega.net.nz. The new file hosting site uses encryption on files so that nobody including the FBI could see the files without the decryption key, making seizing the servers useless.
In December 2012, Dotcom announced he would playing the part of Santa Claus in the play MegaChristmas, run by Auckland's Basement Theatre. He also donned a Santa hat whilst turning on the Franklin Rd Christmas lights. The road, in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby, is famous for its annual Christmas lights display.
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