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Jimmy Wales Calls UK Government To Halt O'Dwyer Extradition

Posted by samzenpus on from the keeping-it-in-house dept.

judgecorp writes "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has called on the UK government to stop the extradition of Richard O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer was accused of infringing copyright with his site TVShack, but charges were dismissed in the UK. Wales has set up a petition and calls this the start of a new 'Internet war' following the successful opposition to SOPA earlier this year."

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  1. Re:All your legal system are belong to U.S. by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fwiw, Wales isn't "the head of Wikipedia" anymore either. He remains one of the 10 members of the Board of Trustees in a special member-for-life seat, but he no longer runs the organization day-to-day (the staff do that), and has no specific authority to make decisions, except via his vote on the Board.

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  2. Re:All your legal system are belong to U.S. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Sopa protest made sense as it effected Wikipedia directly.

    AFFECTED.