Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All

usefool writes "After the U.S.'s first extradition request against an Australian man was denied, the U.S. appealed that decision and has now won the right to try Hew Raymond Griffiths in the U.S."

Comments

Re:(Offtopic) LOTS of Slashdot articles today

[avitlanstroke]

yes, and twice as many times people check on slashdot during the day....

Labor/Liberal - same old shit.

[Anonymous Coward]

You think things are gonna get better under Labor??? You are fooling yourself. Labor sold out to corporate money long ago. If you want real change vote for a minor party - greens, socialist alliance, one nation even.

in re: parent post.

[mefus]

I'm risking bedevilment, I know, but I must say, I'm losing faith in this moderation system:

Moderation -1
30% Troll
40% Flamebait
30% Insightful

in re: parent post.

Your Rights Online and Offline

[Tim C]

Do bad things, be brought to account.

Seriously, why is this in YRO? An Australian citizen broke international law in a way that affected US businesses, the US applies for extradition, Australia complies. Seems simple enough to me - or is it bad because it's white-collar crime, which some of us might get caught for one day?

Re:...doesnt look good

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

Because he's pirating US code? Are you saying anyone in australia should be allowed to violate the GPL and produce their own closed linux fork because its not illegal there due to copyright laws? (Bad example, russia would be a better one, but to stay on topic..)

Go to hell

[Bender Unit 22]

And you wonder why some people hate you.
Not that I have much sympathy with the guy in question, he should be punished for what he did.
I don't hate America, but I don't want to live there nor do I want them to rule the world. I could not live with your version of freedom.

Flipside ... Americans extradited?

[failedlogic]

On the flipside, it would be interesting to see Americans extradited to another country for crimes committed (e.g. sex tourists, stealing, ...). My impression is that the DOJ will use every trick in the book to make sure Americans are not extradited. People of other countries committing crimes in the US aren't always so lucky.

Re:Hello NWO

[freedom_india]

>>Some of us feel that Osama should be tried by an international tribunal,

On the same count, Dubya, & Co. , should be tried in an international court for War Crimes and for mistreating Iraqis and waging War on false pretexts and responsible for sending 1,000 fine young americans to their deaths.