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LifestreamMSNBC: Attempt to extradite online ‘pirate’ blocked
Ok, so this is a couple of days old but still worth making a note of.
U.S. federal attorneys want to bring Hew Raymond Griffiths, a 42-year-old computer programmer who lives in New South Wales, to the United States to face criminal copyright charges. If extradited and convicted of his alleged role in leading the DrinkorDie group, Griffiths would face up to 10 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
For a more length depiction on the DrinkOrDie story see P2Pnet.net or Wikipedia.
— Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam
This old quote pretty much says it all. There seems to be a double delusion at work here. Firstly that the so called piracy actually dents sales in any considerable way. And secondly, that everything is a big conspiracy against the US and a move to weaken the US economy.
At any rate it is good to see that the Kafkaesque charges that the US has been throwing around lately (Guantanamo anyone?) is not accepted as currency everywhere.
