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Britons could face charges for breaking US copyrights (guardian.co.uk)

8 points by eblackburn ↗ HN
"The jurisdiction we have over these sites right now really is the use of the domain name registry system in the United States. That's the key."<p>How far does US jurisdiction stretch? Will this alienate other nations and impair international co-operation for the sake of a failing business mode?

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tobylane
"is actively pursuing those within its perceived jurisdiction" Last I checked, only Spain had the (very-limited) self-given authority to do that, mostly to chase down genocidal dictators (and since the Hague I think it's inactive)

UK judges already have the ability to judge whether the crime deserves deportation, but the UK-US agreement isn't at all even, and probably skips this. Germany wanted someone, but he hadn't broken a UK law so he didn't go. Personally I hope he is able to take this to some higher court like the Supreme court (formerly house of lords) and take out the uneven bits of the UK-US agreements.

nextparadigms
It might be the time for people to move behind the idea of abolishing copyright. Better start early than too late. Maybe Ron Paul could go with it, if a lot of people suggest it to him?