Jimmy Wales Calls UK Government To Halt O'Dwyer Extradition

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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All your legal system are belong to U.S.

[crazyjj]

Silly Jimmy. Don't you know that U.S. law *is* international law?

Re:All your legal system are belong to U.S.

[beltsbear]

It is not Wikipedia getting involved, it is Jimmy Wales. There is no action being done by Wikipedia. I do not think Wikipedia should get involved in this one either but have no problem with Jimmy Wales (even as the head of Wikipedia) doing so, as long ask Wikipedia is not used in the process. The Sopa protest made sense as it effected Wikipedia directly.

Re:All your legal system are belong to U.S.

[Trepidity]

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.

Re:All your legal system are belong to U.S.

[Anonymous Coward]

The Sopa protest made sense as it effected Wikipedia directly.

AFFECTED.

Oh boy!

[AngryDeuce]

Finally, a new banner for Wikipedia!!

Extradition? WTF?

[CanHasDIY]

So, A UK citizen is cleared of breaking any UK laws, yet he still 'faces extradition' to another country, one he's not a citizen of and has probably never even been to, who claims he broke their laws? How the fuck does that even get considered? If I, an American citizen, set up a website that was perfectly legal in my country but criminal in, say, Swaziland, would the US government honor an extradition request for my ass? I highly doubt it.

That's the definition of ri-goddamn-diculous.

Don't take this shit, UK - tell my government (and, by extension, the MAFIAA) to piss up a fucking rope. You are a sovereign nation, act like one.

Re:Extradition? WTF?

[circletimessquare]

due to the borderless nature of the internet, what this guy does in the UK most certainly has an impact on the media business in the USA

this is not a statement in support of this bullshit extradition, this is to point out how utterly fucked american IP law is in the modern world, eventually

because you would have to constantly extradite citizens of other countries to the USA to continue the existence of this rent seeking parasitical media business

obviously, the idea that you are extraditing people from other countries for this "horrible crime" should rise to the level of such moral stink that there is no way this can continue... were it not for the media corporations greasing the palms of enough legislative whores and executive enforcement goons

i'm not one to give up the game so easily, as some cynical cowards are when it comes to the wholesale purchase of our government by corporations. no, the game is not over. yes, you can defeat the corruption of our government: with enough people caring and not just throwing up their hands at news like this

we the people still matter, so let us fight the good fight and raise the proper moral stink our corrupt, compromised conflicted government cannot

Re:Extradition? WTF?

[Chewbacon]

Sounds like a good plan for people in starving nations. Just need the means to setup an infringing website and boom! 3 hots and a cot, education, conjugal visits. America, fuck yeah!