Comments on: TV Shack Admin Richard O’Dwyer “Almost Certain” To Be Extradited To US

By: Chris Ramseyer

Chris Ramseyer — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:10:00 +0000

This whole extradition to the US by people who have never even been here is BS. I would like to see Libya send an order for Obama and half of the middle east send one for Bush.

If you’ve never been to the US, you can’t break a US law. The world shouldn’t have to live in fear of breaking US laws if they are not US citizens.

I’m sure everyday I break some countries law. No one from Syria is coming for me. Why would the US think they can police the world?

By: Nick A Shaw

Nick A Shaw — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:11:00 +0000

Everything’s legal unless there’s a law which explicitly prohibits it. Can you find a specific law which makes linking to copyrighted material illegal?

By: Random American

Random American — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:43:00 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hardcore#Prosecutions

My nation has some problems with Voltaire’s notion of defending free speech. We seem to be often divided into a camp of people who enjoy civil and decent social interaction and a camp who defend the rights of all people. Then, there are a small minority of us who accept that the right to post links violating copyrights is not a crime, but we don’t want to do business with those people lest they steal our ideas. It’s no different from defending the right of a man to make pornography in which young women pretend to be under the age of consent, but are so disgusted by it that we would not watch it or associate with any of the participants. It is legal, but merely disgusting- like performing political acts for money.

By: Random American

Random American — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Speaking for the opposing perspective, I like the system, but don’t enjoy the focus or present products of it. I do not hate my government, but support it, as it’s at least a transparent bunch who can be driven from public office once they become corrupt.

All of them? Are there no good apples left in the barrel?

By: Random American

Random American — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Look, friend, I’m an American and I don’t like it any more than you do. Characterizing an entire nation by the saber rattling of a few corporations that stifle freedom only disheartens those who are closer to the action then you are. You try to influence your courts and I’ll try to influence mine, but don’t drag a freedom loving peoples’ name through the mud because you don’t like the agitative actions of a few.

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By: Anonymouse

Anonymouse — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:14:00 +0000

I am sure this visiting US Judge should be shot.

By: Smile

Smile — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:07:00 +0000

Of course Ireland does have an extradition treaty with the US, I meant not one of the kind the US has with Britain.

By: Smile

Smile — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:41:00 +0000

There may be a simple impediment to this I am not aware of, but Richard, as a citizen of an EU member state, is entitled to live in any other EU member state. Now given his surname, why doesn’t he just move to Ireland, which does not have an extradition treaty with the US?
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Since he has not broken any UK laws, I can not see that the UK could seek his extradition from Ireland.
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It would be an order of magnitude cheaper to fund Richards living expenses there than the cost of defending any legal action in the US.