Extradition of TVShack.net Richard O'Dwyer

[jbrooksuk]

UK student Richard O'Dwyer is facing copyright infringement charges in the US for running TVShack.net, a site that provided links to movies and television series infringing copyright.

On the 13th January, Westminster Magistrates Court confirmed that the 23-year-old could be extradited to the US for trial.

This case highlights broader policy issues about US-UK extradition relations, not to mention US attempts at extending its jurisdiction for enforcement of alleged copyright infringement offences.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/01/19/extradition-of-tvshack-richard-odywer-right

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What he did was legal in the UK (and that is the grounds he will be appealing on once the Home Secretary has made a decision).

The US needs to back the hell off, their laws only apply to their territory.

[Lovell]

"If Richard appears to have committed a crime in this country - then try him in this country.

"Instead, the home secretary wants to send him thousands of miles away and leave him languishing, just like Chris Tappin, in a US jail, before he has a chance to demonstrate his innocence, under British law, of the allegations made against him."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-17355203

****ing disgraceful that this country would 1. deport someone without the Americans giving them any evidence or proof and 2. for something that even if he is guilty of isn't illegal in the UK, absolutely spineless and to think they actually think this extradition treaty is fair, all the while the Lib Dems sit back and do **** all and Labour can't complain as they did the same thing. :angry: