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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. Re:Precedent? by Ralph+Yarro · · Score: 4, Informative

    I can't really say I care for the precedent being set here.

    Wouldn't you like to find out what precedent is in fact set before deciding whether you like it? The decision hasn't been made yet.

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  2. Actually by Czernobog · · Score: 4, Informative

    He doesn't have to have commited crimes in Australia. If the US consider him to have, and assuming they've followed the procedures by making him a suspect internationally, by passing his name on to Interpol, the Aussies have to pick him up.
    And then it's up to the Australian judicial authority (judge/panel/court I don't know) to extradite, or not, based on what the extradition request and the arrest warrant ask for.
    At least, that's how things should be working in theory.

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  3. Re:Precedent? by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 3, Informative

    here's one reference

    "So in order to protect our citizens, we are in the process of negotiating bilateral agreements with the largest possible number of states, including non-Parties. These Article 98 agreements, as they are called, provide American citizens with essential protection against the Court's purported jurisdiction claims, and allow us to remain engaged internationally with our friends and allies. To date, 14 countries have signed Article 98 agreements with us."

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  4. Re:Precedent? by timeOday · · Score: 4, Informative
    I'm not sure, but I don't think the US extradites US citizens to other countries.
    Well, that's what we have the Internet for, isn't it?

    Extracted from the US to:
    Ireland

    Hong Kong

    Yugoslavia

    I am by no means an expert on this, these are just some google results.