US Government Seeks Extradition of UK Student For File-Sharing

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The BBC reports that UK student Richard O'Dwyer has lost a legal battle to block his extradition to the U.S. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-16544335), where he faces copyright infringement charges for running a file sharing site (ruling (http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/us-v-odwyer-ruling.pdf)). O'Dwyer operated the site 'TV-Shack' from 2007 until 2010, which didn't offer any files itself (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/13/us-filesharing-extradition-idUSTRE80C15C20120113), but posted links to streams and files hosted elsewhere. O'Dwyer was first arrested in June last year by British police acting on information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The domestic investigation was subsequently dropped, but Mr. O'Dwyer was re-arrested in May on an extradition warrant to face charges in America.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/13/1548214/us-government-seeks-extradition-of-uk-student-for-file-sharing