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Cambodia To Extradite Gottfrid Svartholm

Posted by timothy on from the it's-because-of-my-name-isn't-it? dept.

judgecorp writes "The Cambodian authorities have said they will extradite Gottfrid Svartholm who is wanted in Sweden for his part in founding file sharing site The Pirate Bay. As there is no extradition treaty between Sweden and Cambodia, Svartholm is being extradited under immigration law, so it is not yet clear whether he will actually be sent to Sweden."

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  1. Extradition Laws by Quick+Reply · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think that it is quite clear by now that the laws don't really matter in cases like this. The MAFIAA will get him one way or another.

    1. Re:Extradition Laws by JosKarith · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Tell that to Kim DotCom.

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    2. Re:Extradition Laws by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Informative

      Of course, they don't want to scare him off. They will promptly post them once he sets his foot on Swedish soil.

      I seriously hope that when this doesn't happen you will wake up and realize you are completely out of touch with reality. Do you realize you just completely made that up based on purse speculation? Why would you think he'd be extradited to the US, if none of the other pirate bay people were?

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  2. Deport NOT Extradite by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Informative

    Deport and Extradite are not the same thing.

    Deport - Kick out of the country and we don't care where you go

    Extradite - Hand over to the authorities of another country which which you have an extradition treaty.
     
    TFA says Deport .. TFS says Extradite. Sheesh .. I'd be embarrassed if I was paying for access to this site.

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  3. What's Cambodia getting out of the deal? by uigrad_2000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I visited a friend in Phnom Penh a couple of years ago. They have lots of "DVD shops" in any of their shopping areas. 100% of the DVDs are pirated. If you want a non-pirated DVD, you have to find an airport. I think there's also one high class mall that contains one dvd store with non-pirated DVDs and software.

    Cambodia has no taxes. The money the government runs on is half bribes and half foreign aid. To bring in more foreign aid, they know they have to stop piracy, but that's their only incentive. When foreign ambassadors come to visit, they'll send out a signal to all the DVD shops, and they'll all close down. 3 days later, they all come back.

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