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Originally Posted by HarryT
For law enforcement officials to screw up their procedures is bad, yes (if that's what in fact did happen), but you're surely not comparing it to the crimes of a man who's made millions from brazenly encouraging and facilitating people to infringe copyright, are you? That seems a bizarre comparison to me.
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Mr. Dotcom has no authority to kick down your door, drag you to jail, confiscate your property, and toss you in prison to rot. Dotcom and his cronies are under no obligation to be paragons. Those who represent and enforce the law are under that obligation (at least as far as the operation of the law is concerned).
The court in New Zealand has ruled that procedure was violated. The US court has yet to rule. We'll see what happens.
I don't see where my government has the authority to prosecute people who aren't in our jurisdiction. No matter what Mr. Dotcom's crimes may have been, he apparently wasn't committing them here.
I've never been to England and I've never done business in England. If the that country's police knocked on my door, I'd tell them to stuff themselves. I don't see why that same attitude shouldn't apply for citizens of other countries as well.