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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
If it was illegal he would have been prosecuted here.
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Not if the crime was committed in the another jurisdiction.
And of course prosecutors decline to prosecute crimes all the time - the fact that someone doesn't bring charges against a shoplifter because the shopkeeper doesn't want to press charges isn't evidence that shoplifting is illegal.
In any event, the court found that the crime satisfied the "dual liability" standard.
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The only information that is illegal in the UK is all "terrorism" related, and I doubt old episodes of The Simpsons would fall into that category.
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The crime was "aiding copyright infringement." It has about as much to do with "information" being "illegal" as selling stolen credit card numbers does.