View Single Post
Old 01-20-2012, 02:39 PM   #60
Shaggy
Wizard
Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Shaggy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Shaggy's Avatar
 
Posts: 4,293
Karma: 529619
Join Date: May 2007
Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG
Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeD View Post
Which raises the question, why did a judge approve the extradition of the guy who ran a site that included links to copyright infringing content, which was deemed not against the law in the UK.
Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
My understanding is that it became an extraditable offence due to the fact that he'd allegedly earned $230,000 in advertising revenue from the site. That put it into the criminal category, rather than simply being a case of civil copyright infringement.
So he earned $230,000 in advertising by doing something that was deemed not against the law in the UK?

How does the monetary figure make it criminal if it wasn't against the law in the first place?
Shaggy is offline   Reply With Quote