[LINK] Aussie Drink or Die member handed to US on a plate

[Richard Chirgwin]

Alastair Rankine wrote:
> On 11/05/2007, at 8:33 PM, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
>
>> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/05/06/1178390140855.html
>>
>> This is absolutely disgraceful.    No matter what this man did, he
>> did it under Australian law, as an Australian citizen, in his home land.
>> He should be tried as an Australian, by the Australian system.
>
> This assumes that his actions were covered by only one jurisdiction. 
> Surely in the case of intellectual property law it is possible to 
> violate in many jurisdictions at once?
>
> I'm just asking that if he has violated US law, and we hold him, why 
> *shouldn't* he be extradited?
Alastair,

Quite simply: because it's impossible to know that all our actions are 
legal in all the countries to which we may be extradited.

Richard Chirgwin
>
> Is the fact that he is to be charged for intellectual property law 
> relevant? If so, why? What makes IP law so special as to be excluded 
> from extradition?
>
>
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