?Pirating? UK Student to be Extradited to the US

[maloxi]

one day china will invade usa

[shadow.prx]

This is really disappointing i cant believe our government has sold a British citizen out and handed him over, im really getting tired of the us pushing their weight into other countries forcing their law against everyone else

I vote all websites block us traffic if this is the kind of shit they are doing

[michaellin85]

one day china will invade usa

doubt it, but China are not scared of the US

This is really disappointing i cant believe our government has sold a British citizen out and handed him over, im really getting tired of the us pushing their weight into other countries forcing their law against everyone else

I vote all websites block us traffic if this is the kind of shit they are doing

they are the "world police" afterall

[Spartan]

wtf.............shame

[Bretteo]

So they are taking him from the UK to jail him in the US... America have made the mistake of thinking they own the world

[luches]

those idiots think they do really own the world.... sombody should give US a kick in the butt and a hard one at that

[okone]

I hate to rain on everyone's parade but the case that everyone is relying on so heavily (that apparently legalises linking) is not at all strong. Ask any solicitor or barrister (I have) and they will tell you the same.

While I agree that this is incredibly wrong, it is also time to get the facts straight with regard to linkings legal position in the UK.

[imagepad]

Even though he resides in the uk his website was hosted in the U.S.

Also, "Blocking" all usa traffic would kill tons of sites revenue. Most foreign countries don't convert sales nearly as well, since those people don't have the money and/or just simply don't pay for those services.

[okone]

Its nothing to do with where the site was hosting. There are two main arguments here:

1) tvshack used the .net TLD and this gives the US authorities jurisdiction as they have successfully argued.

2) The site was accessible by US citizens and as such, technically means that he has committed a crime in the US. At least, that is how many people, by that I mean the courts, are interpreting it these days.

The only way to avoid reprisals if you run a large site, and especially if you are in one of the countries with a dreaded US extradition treaty, is to make sure you can never be found.

[arko66]

"Linking" .. as in "posting" is not illegal in the UK... but when you have a website that you run and administer, allow links to be published, made public and accept payment to infringe copyrighted material, then it is illegal in the UK. This guy did no worse than what the majority of young guys have done that started off in the warez scene. He just was one of those poor innocents that thought he would never get caught! Its also a another case of the UK jumping on the back of the US to help itself in other areas when they really dont give two figs about net piracy! If you were to ask Mr.D.Cameron (UK Prime Minister) what his views on Piracy were.... he would answer... I have only seen POTC 1 and 2... My mate is still downloading part 3 for me!