Out of Pod Experience

I don't think it's illegal for someone to tell another that X person doesn't lock their door.

It's illegal for someone to go and steal from the person who didn't lock their door though.

AFAIK, He didn't host anything.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/25/tom-watson-richard-odwyer-extradition?newsfeed=true

Considering the UK has 60 million people and the US has what, 313 million? It just shows how they like to jump up and down about things. (They've also not refused the UK which, imo is just as bad, though I don't know the cases obviously, but the ease at which they just chuck a life away and ship them off to another country is a bit iffy. Though, again, I don't know the cases and how serious they were, but judging by THIS "crime" (to the US, not to the UK so hardly a crime) it makes me wonder.

I've also read it's illegal for an American citizen to smoke a Cuban cigar in the UK, even though their legal here.

BTW, GOOGLE, (which if I'm not mistaken (I might be :p) is an American company), hosts links to the exact same thing (and much worse) as does Yahoo. Don't these companies, make a whole boat load of cash from adverts. Yes, yes they do. What's the actual difference?

I will honestly admit that I missed the part that he was merely linking the content.

100% ggreed, but that is changing here in the US. Very scary territory that things are headed into.

Here's the article along with a copy of the original investigation complaint: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/10/new-york-man-faces-five-years-in-jail-for-linking-to-online-videos/

I would venture to say that the basis is that people who link are participating in the distribution of unauthorized reproductions of copyrighted material. I don't agree with it, but that appears to be where they are headed.

But my example about the first amendment example I still stand by.

actually your wrong on that part, in Britain linking is NOT illegal, secondly you would rightly assume because you are NOT committing any offense within your own country which might break another country's that you couldn't be extradited from your country where what you are doing is legal to another country where what you are doing is illegal. see my example about the first amendment, if you did what I put in that example you would NOT expect to get extradited from the states to china for doing something that is your first amendment right eve if some might find it offensive and it breaks the law in another country.

You're resorting to personal insults.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_international_copyright_agreements
They count as British laws.

Never fear, we`ll quietly absorb Canada before you` ll need to invade. There probably won't even be bloodshed so it might even go unnoticed.

eitehr way I ask that people sign this to stop this happening, come what may it's not right and as the protests involving sopa and pipa show, you CAN make a difference.

ICE is so overzealous about apprehending anything and everything that it's almost comical. 'ICE Presents Brasil Minister of Culture with Old Cracked Bowl it Confiscated in the U.S.' 'ICE Confiscates Degas Scribble from Old Lady and Returns it to Heirs of Likely Owner in Italy' Their P.R. unit works overtime bragging up every little thing they do. http://www.ice.gov/news/

And generally them seem stacked in the US's favor kinda makes you wonder what terms they offered in exchange for the "balance" towards US interests
thats not to say the US gets its own way all the time...

This is true but normally committing a crime requires being in that country. Say for instance a person goes to the US and murders someone they can bring him back.

So the record company that owns rights to the song is in the US so we are going to charge them by US law.... I understand the music industry has to make a buck but putting this guy in a US prison just to make an example out of him isn't the right thing to do.

So if the artist is from Mexico are you going to extradite and put someone in a Mexican prison? They'll be lucky to be alive after a few years...