Should Richard O’Dwyer be extradited for copyright infringement?

by LegalZoom Posted 2012/01/18 01:30:37

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According to one UK judge, the answer is yes, a UK citizen can be extradited to the United States for alleged copyright infringement.

Richard O’Dwyer, 23, ran TVShack, which listed links to locations of files that users could illegally download. United States authorities reportedly shut down TVShack.net in the summer of 2010, but O’Dwyer reopened shop as TVShack.cc; the latter domain was seized in November 2010, and O’Dwyer’s mum says her son shut down the site when the UK police got in touch. Read more...

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Crypt_Heart 2012/03/16 01:27:11 (edited)

No

I would say no, I'm from the UK I think if you guys had any evidence you should bring it over here and charge him. It's not as if Copyright law isn't international and we actually have stricter controls. -.-; Not to mention safer prisons (safer than Texas).

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