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> Are you saying if they own a large enough amount of it, it's OK to ignore their rights?

Let's not pretend these companies give the slightest hint of a shit about morality. They'd destroy the world next year if it meant they could earn a penny more of profit this quarter.

As long as companies like Disney are pulling moves like this [1], I'm not going to sit here and pretend as if these companies are in the right.

The only reason Dotcom (a non-US individual with 0 ties to the US in any way that should matter) is being extradited is because US politicians are pathetically cheap and easy to buy off, and Disney and all the other big media companies have infinite coffers with which to do so, not because of some vague bullshit about morality or property rights.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jl0ekjr0go

Are you morally perfect? No? Do you still have legal rights and ownership of things despite that?

It's like that for companies. It doesn't matter if Disney sucks in many ways, if they own something, they own it.

If you think this is vague bullshit, then I'd invite you to read up on how societies tend to work without it. Even communist China instituted reforms and amendments in recent decades cementing the concept of private property ownership.

And Dotcom does have a tie to the US that he willingly and knowingly created: he committed a crime against their citizens and companies.