So if you keep up with the tech news you might have heard about this. The US government (presumably at the behest of the MPAA/RIAA) is extraditing Richard O'Dwyer, owner of
TVShack.net (taken down by US government, and replaced with a banner and subsequent propaganda video). Here's the catch, and I hope you're ready for this.
TVShack.net did not host ANY copyrighted material itself, but merely posted LINKS to the content (like The Pirate Bay).
Richard O'Dwyer is not a US citizen. In fact, he's never been to the US. At all. He's a citizen of the UK.
His servers are not hosted in the US, they're hosted in the UK.
His website is NOT ILLEGAL according to UK law.
Wow. I am enraged beyond belief. I hate the US government right now, and I hate anyone in power not doing anything to stop it. But fortunately not everyone is a callous MPAA/RIAA buttrape toy. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales created
a petition to appeal to the UK government to block the extradition. With over 200k signatures the petition was
still ignored by home secretary Theresa May.
I still implore all of you to sign the petition anyway, and SPREAD THIS AROUND. Do not let our most basic of human rights wither away without raising your voice and shouting at the top of your lungs, before the powers at be take the power of your voice away.
This injustice must be stopped. Maybe these people won't listen to reason, but perhaps if we show them that WE, THE PEOPLE do not let this go unnoticed. In the words of Anonymous: do not forgive, do not forget.
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Wait so did he get extradited or not.
Wait so did he get extradited or not.
Not yet, the agreement has been signed by that fat tub running the Home Office, but O'Dwyer appealed the district court's decision.
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Doesn't the UK govt have anything to say about this?
An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death
The rationality* behind the extradition is that the TLD (net) is owned by Verisign, which is an American company. So be prepared to know every U.S. law no matter which country you live in, because it apparently also applies to you.
*May or may not contain any actual rational.
Wait, we have freedom of speech? Since when?
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
Wait, we have freedom of speech? Since when?
do ho ho, aren't you a clever one?
