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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. Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NGSCB + SCO = Linux is dying.

  2. If I was in his place... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would rather Drink than Die.

    He obviously chose Death.

  3. Transportation at the heart of Australian History by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Australians are long familiar with the dubious benefits of transportation. See Robert Hughes "Fatal Shore" for a history of Transportation.

    Human rights standards with both convicts and aborigines have had a lot to be desired.

  4. This is making me shudder by The+I+Shing · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Bush Admin is taking a hard-right turn, just listen to his speeches of late.

    Imagine if, in order to help shore up his fundamentalist Christian base, he and his buddies in Congress decided to begin extraditing adult website operators over to, say, Saudi Arabia, for prosecution under that country's less-than-zero tolerance for anything that even mentions sex.

    Get a couple of sympathetic hard-right federal judges on-board, and Danni Ashe could wind up being publicly flogged in Riyadh.

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  5. Is he the original Frito Bandido? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Indeed.

  6. Cowboy Squeal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    CowboySqueal

  7. Re:Get a life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nigger.

  8. BEND OVER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the corps. have something they want to give to you, johnny... right up your ass!

    !
    !
    !!
    !

  9. invoke the Patriot Act by Quazi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can't they just call him a terrorist and pull a Saddam Hussein on him? That'll get his ass out of there.

  10. How many of you bought your copy of Photoshop? by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Yeah?

    I thought so.

    I am the ONLY person I know who owns a legitimate copy of PS. I know a LOT of people.

    I don't care about "Right and Wrong" semantics. Fact is, the web would have a lot fewer graphics today without warez pirates. I even bet some of the graphics on Slashdot were originally made on illegal copies of PS. Tell me I'm wrong.


    -FL

  11. Re:Wait a sec by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Choke and die, Ameriwhore.

  12. Re:Another morality question: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    'If I use non-free software, I pay for it'

    This is so annoing when people don't realize that Free Software isn't gratis software, and non-free software doesn't mean that the software cost anything.
    You can get free non-free software, it sounds like an oxymoron, but is actually quiet sound.

  13. Push Post Down 1 by thirdrock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Push Post Down 1

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