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> From: George > Date: February 7, 2012 6:42:50 PM EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Infowarrior] - Is BitTorrent Done? Major Torrent Sites Consider > Shutting Down > > > On 2/7/2012 12:55 PM, Richard Forno wrote: > ... >> The fact that a German citizen can be arrested in New Zealand upon request >> from the US authorities signaled that regardless of local laws, people >> connected to file-sharing sites have become a global target. > ... > > The increasing abuse of universal jurisdiction by the USA is a trend I have > been concerned with for some time. The first case I'm aware of was in regards > to the extradition of an Australian citizen who'd never set foot in the US > over copyright infringement several years ago of an Australian citizen who > had never set foot in the US, which was the first case of it kind. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hew_Raymond_Griffiths > > http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/advice-from-a-convicted-file-sharer-give-up-and-go-to-us-20120117-1q4r4.html > > There are now a number of other cases similar to this involving foreign > citizens being extradited to the US over copyright infringement issues > despite the fact that they never set foot in the USA, including the > Megaupload case, and several cases in the UK (Richard O'Dwyer. etc.) > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120113/09184917400/us-to-extradite-uk-student-copyright-infringement-despite-site-being-legal-uk.shtml > > The scary thing about this is that for the most part these cases are really a > matter for civil law, not criminal law, and in any case involve only economic > damage. There is nothing stopping the copyright owners from prosecuting > foreign citizens in their own countries - why should foreign countries allow > their citizens to be extradited to the US when they have never set foot in > the US. > > Even more to the point what will happen when one of the EU countries demands > the extradition of some hapless US citizen for something they post on their > blog? Don't know how you feel about this but thought I would vent a little, > and if you see fit find some way to highlight the issue - I don't think it's > getting enough coverage or thought. > > --George --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list [email protected] https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior
