Given his past and the megaupload business model, you have to fuck up pretty badly to turn Kim into this much of a hero.
If Hollywood had chased a civil case against him, they would have almost certainly won it and shut down his business, which would have then paved the way for them to pursue a criminal investigation (although I am far from convinced that he has done anything explicitly illegal as opposed to merely unlawful).
This way round it looks as though they could lose badly on all counts and make themselves look like malicious and incompetent fools in the process while simultaneously souring US relationships with their political allies.
Perhaps they are just malicious and incompetent fools however. It would certainly seem to be the simplest explanation for the current situation.
If Hollywood had chased a civil case against him, they would have almost certainly won it and shut down his business, which would have then paved the way for them to pursue a criminal investigation (although I am far from convinced that he has done anything explicitly illegal as opposed to merely unlawful).
This way round it looks as though they could lose badly on all counts and make themselves look like malicious and incompetent fools in the process while simultaneously souring US relationships with their political allies.
Perhaps they are just malicious and incompetent fools however. It would certainly seem to be the simplest explanation for the current situation.