O'Dwyer: US extradition attempt for UK-based copyright "offences"

[James Firth]

Not sure if people on the list have seen the case of Richard O'Dwyer that's
been breaking this week.

Facts have been slow to emerge, I've blogged it here: 
http://ejf.me/fS

Essentially O'Dwyer ran a links website TV-Shack.  Anyone who's been
following the repeated attempts to make criminal charges under CDPA (or a
related conspiracy to defraud in the case of R v Ellis) will understand
there's been no jury conviction for offences that just include links.

Incidentally; David Cook, who comments in today's Telegraph, wrote something
about the persistence of the police and rights holders to make criminal
charges stick on Orgzine last month:

http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/comment/2011/criminal-prosecutions-file-shar
ing

James Firth

CEO, Open Digital Policy Organisation Ltd