Australian Extradited For Breaking US Law At Home

An anonymous reader sends us a link to a report in The Age about an Australian resident, who had never set foot in the US and broke US intellectual-property laws in Australia, being extradited to the US to face trial. Hew Raymond Griffiths pleaded guilty in Virginia to overseeing all aspects of the operation of the group Drink Or Die, which cracked copy-protected software and media products and distributed them for free. He faces up to 10 years in a US jail and half a million dollars in fines.

Comments

Re:Huh?

[siddesu]

Nah, this isn't about people trying to run away from crimes.The US Attorney General has put it eloquently:

"This extradition represents the (US) Department of Justice's commitment to protect intellectual property rights from those who violate our laws from the other side of the globe," US Assistant Attorney-General Alice Fisher said.

This is all about extending US legislation all over the world because the US can still do it.

Re:Why is this news?

[Fujisawa Sensei]

You've obviously never been in involved in getting somebody elected to Congress. (Or if you have it was with a in effective party such as a Green or Lib. ) So you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.