Australian Extradited For Breaking US Law At Home 777
An anonymous reader sends us a link to a report in The Age about an Australian resident, who had never set foot in the US and broke US intellectual-property laws in Australia, being extradited to the US to face trial. Hew Raymond Griffiths pleaded guilty in Virginia to overseeing all aspects of the operation of the group Drink Or Die, which cracked copy-protected software and media products and distributed them for free. He faces up to 10 years in a US jail and half a million dollars in fines.
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Have a nice day.
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Re:He most certainly IS under US jurisdiction (Score:2, Funny)
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Of course. I downloaded the DoD release.
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Nigerian scammers take another leap.
Re:EU Expedited Extradition (Score:3, Funny)
Hear, hear. Hopefully some day we'll be able to say this (paraphrasing Lord Byron):
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Man, are you behind the times; it's been the CIA for years.
Re:He most certainly IS under US jurisdiction (Score:4, Funny)
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Oh. Well, I just assumed since we're claiming jurisdiction...