Petition to stop extradition of UK hacker
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#2Interview with Richard O'Dwyer here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4155627
Jimmy Wales supports the case: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4155689
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#3This is literally unbelievable. I was shocked when the US attacked Kim Dotcom, but you know... he is a big fish and anyway i hope he will be able to fight back. But this is gone too much further. They are trying to rule the world in this way. This people gained too much power. I am really frightened for our future.
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#4Just one fact/opinion to add that is always missed out on the petitions etc:
"The case was brought by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which claims that the TVShack.net website earned more than $230,000 (£147,000) in advertising revenue before US authorities obtained a warrant and seized the domain name in June 2010."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-1826680...
The guy was earning heaps of money.
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#5Just one fact/opinion to add that is always missed out on the petitions etc: "The case was brought by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which claims that the TVShack.net website earned more than $230,000 (£147,000) in advertising revenue before US authorities obtained a warrant and seized the domain name in June 2010." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-1826680... The guy was earnin…
So does Google. Your point?
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#6This approach has been tried in the past and been ignored sadly.
How about the approach of:
Whoever runs the DNS aided and abeted the alledged crime. Google is just as guilty by this precedence being set.
Sure there are many other overlooked angles, but given the facts i'd say the media industry needs a dressing down and told they are not the law.
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#7Just one fact/opinion to add that is always missed out on the petitions etc: "The case was brought by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which claims that the TVShack.net website earned more than $230,000 (£147,000) in advertising revenue before US authorities obtained a warrant and seized the domain name in June 2010." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-1826680... The guy was earnin…
So someone in the US ICE makes a claim and that magically entitles us to kick them over the border and brush our hands.
That's just fucked up.
So what if he made lots of money from advertising. He took a chance. If it's illegal in the UK, then he should be prosecuted here. If it's illegal in the US, none of their fucking business.
Let's also not forget that the US ICE are probably guilty of many more REAL crimes than this guy so this is a whole pile of hypocrisy coming from one of the least "free" countries in the world:
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#8Just one fact/opinion to add that is always missed out on the petitions etc: "The case was brought by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which claims that the TVShack.net website earned more than $230,000 (£147,000) in advertising revenue before US authorities obtained a warrant and seized the domain name in June 2010." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-1826680... The guy was earnin…
So does Google. Your point?
Google has a registered DMCA agent, includes a DMCA dashboard ( https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-dashboard?hl=en ) and replies to take-down requests.
I imagine good faith applies in Google's case and they are protected by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_harbor_%28law%29 .
Re: Petition to stop extradition of UK hacker
#9This is literally unbelievable. I was shocked when the US attacked Kim Dotcom, but you know... he is a big fish and anyway i hope he will be able to fight back. But this is gone too much further. They are trying to rule the world in this way. This people gained too much power. I am really frightened for our future.
> This people gained too much power. I am really frightened for our future.
Agreed entirely. Unfortunately, as history likes to remind us, the only way to resolve these issues is legitimate bloody and violent rebellion. Unfortunately there are too many morons staggering in the dark and too many weapons in the hands of the powerful for this to work any more.
However as the balance of power changes, people have nothing to loose at which point TSHTF.
I'm not promoting this btw - I'd rather it was resolve civilly.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
So does Google. Your point?
Google has a registered DMCA agent, includes a DMCA dashboard ( https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-dashboard?hl=en ) and replies to take-down requests. I imagine good faith applies in Google's case and they are protected by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_harbor_%28law%29 .
From the message of the petition it appears that also him complied with take-down requests.
Let's say the truth that we all know... Google, is google, they cannot go against it because it's too big, it's easier to bully with someone smaller than you.