Australia bends over to US in copyright case
An Australian is extradited to the US over copyright infringment in Australia. From the article:
BEFORE he was extradited to the United States, Hew Griffiths, from Berkeley Vale in NSW, had never even set foot in America. But he had pirated software produced by American companies.
Griffiths’ case — involving one of the first extraditions for intellectual property crime — has been a triumph for US authorities, demonstrating their ability to enforce US laws protecting US companies against Australians in Australia, with the co-operation of the Australian Government.
Is Australia no longer a sovereign nation?
And what next? Will someone be extradited for playing a DVD on a Linux system?