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World's First Warez Extradition Decided Soon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sucks-to-be-him dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Australian Court will soon determine whether US Law should reign supreme in copyright infringement cases that occur online. According to this article, a decision will be made in two weeks as to whether Hew Raymond Griffiths, also known as "Bandido", will be extradited from Australia to the US for running the warez group DOD. Slashdot has in the past interviewed one of Bandido's co-conspirators in the US, who was sentenced to hard time - but the question is, if Griffiths committed no crime in his home country, should the US be allowed to hijack .au laws? "

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  1. Wait a sec by Reservoir+Penguin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought we were supposed to send criminals *to* Australia?

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  2. Then again.. by wmspringer · · Score: 4, Funny

    On second thought, I changed my mind. This would be a great precedent.

    If it works, let's pass a law making spamming illegal, with harsh penalties, and then demand that everyone extradite thier spammers.

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  3. Re:"If he committed no crime in his home country" by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Extrudited"? Is that where they squeeze you through a small hole and then send you back home?

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  4. Re:"If he committed no crime in his home country" by Trigun · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're in Minnesota. That's instant punishment. If it weren't for their hockey team, it would have been labelled 'Hell' a long time ago.