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Old 01-19-2012, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by von Pilsner View Post
It is troubling (in the USA at least) that intellectual property has become so important that many times it is now (somehow) a criminal offense instead of a civil issue.

I hate to think that people in other countries need to be careful of breaking US law when they are in their own (supposedly) soverign nation....
This guy is likely getting extradited to the US for a link sharing site, the government where he lives does not think it's worth prosecuting, but they will ship him off to the USA for some good old fashioned justice...
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Its quite a big story here, as what he did is not even an offense in the UK...
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