[LINK] Australia rolls over

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Mon May 7 15:59:55 AEST 2012


On 7/05/2012 10:15 AM, rene wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2012 20:26:35 +1000, Kim Holburn wrote:
> [...]
>>> We have reached a point in Australia where citizens can be arrested
>>> and extradited to the United States based on information supplied
>>> by Australian spies for breaches of US law on Australian soil.
>>> Australia has effectively signed away its right to govern its own
>>> in matters of copyright infringement when those matters overlap the
>>> interests of the United States.
>
> To the extent that some remarks in that para are factual, it isn't a result
> of the recently signed agreements.
> ...
So, where US interests are concerned, what's the value of Australian 
citizenship?

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