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Kim Dotcom has released a new music video. The four-minute promo from the Megaupload founder accompanies his latest song 'Mr President'. "President Obama promised "change". But did he deliver?," the video's YouTube description reads. "The war on internet freedom was declared on his watch." This song was produced by Kim Dotcom, Printz Board and Sleep Deez, with its lyrics and vocals provided by Dotcom and friends. (more)...

When New Zealand authorities raided in January of this year the $24 million compound of Kim Dotcom, the indicted founder of shuttered file-sharing service Megaupload, they found with the eccentric hacker a life of self-documentation and promotion. Dotcom was no stranger to showing his lavish lifestyle on YouTube, creating over-produced music videos, such as the uncomfortable “Mega Song,” publicity stunts, and travelogues, even as the government and entertainment world closed slowly in. However, as the eccentric hacker now faces over 50 years in jail on copyright infringement charges tracking more than $500 million in losses, show business types have been quick to forgive, tapping a number of different projects for Dotcom to tell his side of the story.

THR reports that, according to business associates and close acquaintances, Kim Dotcom is eyeing a documentary, biography, and album for release in the next few years. Actor Donovan Leitch is producing the doc, currently titled “Mega Conspiracy,...