Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All

usefool writes "After the U.S.'s first extradition request against an Australian man was denied, the U.S. appealed that decision and has now won the right to try Hew Raymond Griffiths in the U.S."

Nigerians

[TibbonZero]

Now if we could only figure out a way to extradite the Nigerian Spammers...

Arrrr, they be hunting the pirates

[ryg0r]

Arrrg....

Tis a sad day when ye fellow pirate BanDiDo, now has t' be keel-hauled by these land lubbers, arrrg. And so close to the day too arrgg. Avast ye!

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ [talklikeapirate.com]

If the tables were turned . . .

[Anonymous Coward]

. . . this would probably been settled by a booting.

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Sad pirate.

[iamdrscience]

Yarrr... 'tis sad to be seein one o' me own kind be taken in. But that's one o' the hazards of the swashbucklin' life. This swig o' rum be for you, lad!

Re:Scary ... to say the least!

[myowntrueself]

"Will I be extradited for having had sex with a 16-year-old (illegal in the US)? How about drinking alcohol in public, which is illegal in many countries (Saudi Arabia for instance), or hell - buying alcohol at the tender age of 15 (illegal in the US)? How about having had sex before I was 18 (also illegal in the US)? Having had sex outside of marriage (probably illegal in Iran)? Having had anal sex while there was a third party in the sexual congress (illegal in the UK)."

I don't know about extradition, but theres *definitely* room for a great reality TV show in there!

Re:Hello NWO

[drsmithy]

Who would have thought it would be the U.S. that became the world government?

Been a bit out of touch for the last hundred-odd years, have you ?

Jurisdiction

[raisedbyrobots]

Age of consent is determined by state law, not federal law, so you'll have to wait for the individual states to start extradicting foreigners.

On the otherhand, if you were just trying to point out how you've had sex, then point taken.

Oh no

[CrypticSpawn]

now I am going to be extradited to Singapore to be caned because I spit out my gum on U.S. soil!!! I am glad they don't know about my grafitti back in the day, I just might be double canned...

Make an EXAMPLE of the kiwi !!

[Anonymous Coward]

Off-shoring, outsourcing, warez pirates -- all bad for the industry. First, we kill that bad stuff off, then we get on with things. How can we get on with things if we don't first kill of the bad stuff?

Re:Nigerians

[circletimessquare]

Attention,

My name is Mr Momartin, I am the operational manager in spam prosecution section in charge of extradition and foreign relation of Nigerian Government. I am writing in respect of a Nigerian spammer who was caught on 25TH JULY,2004. There is an account opened in a bank here in Nigeria where he has stashed all of his ill-gotten funds and we need the cash to buy him a plane ticket to USA. Unfortunately, the account has no other beneficiary and until we caught the spammer he was the manager of a vast fraud scheme. The total amount involved is $26,000,000.00 USD.[Twenty Six million United States Dollar ]. We wish to start the first transfer with $6,000,000.00[Six million] and open successful transaction without any disappointment from your side,we shall re-apply for the transfer of the remaining balance to your account. Please help us fight email fraud and help us to extradite said criminal to the USA!

Yours truly, Mr Momartin.

Next thing you know

[dtfinch]

I'll be extradited from the US to China for violating their censorship laws.

Re:...doesnt look good

[kaitou]

since when can't you legally shout obscenties on the streets? I see/hear this in New York City on a very regular basis, and no one is hauling those crackpots away.

If nothing else

[Dorsai65]

the situation does make him an 3l1t3 w4r3z d00d - how many others can claim to be worth extraditing from Oz to the U.S.?

Section Name Change Suggestion

[mefus]

"Your Rights Online" should be "Your Rights On the Line"

Re:Scary ... to say the least!

[gnovos]

What next? Will I be extradited for having had sex with a 16-year-old (illegal in the US)? How about drinking alcohol in public, which is illegal in many countries (Saudi Arabia for instance), or hell - buying alcohol at the tender age of 15 (illegal in the US)? How about having had sex before I was 18 (also illegal in the US)? Having had sex outside of marriage (probably illegal in Iran)? Having had anal sex while there was a third party in the sexual congress (illegal in the UK).

Dude, that was an AWESOME weekend.

To take this to its logical conclusion

[mattgorle]

Why not extradite and imprison the entire city of Amsterdam? Remember to pay attention to coffee houses.

Re:Hello NWO

[Anonymous Coward]

All people who post George W. Bush jokes using the internet should be extradicted to Guantanamo Bay Concentration Camp for majesty offense. Can't let them suckers worlwide make fun of the new World Fuhrer. He is on holy crusade, send by GOD the allmighty himself. Insulting Bush is like insulting GOD. They all will be sentenced and eventually executed.

Irony

[Sophrosyne]

It's kind-of Ironic that Britain used to send their criminals to Australia... now the United States is taking the criminals for themselves...

Re:Hello NWO

[CrimsonAvenger]

Currently many Eastern European countries are being coerced into signing a non-extradition treaty with the US.

How are they being coerced? Just curious.

If Americans leave Bosnia, there will likely be another genocide just like during the 92-95 war.

Nonsense! The UN will prevent that, just like it is preventing genocide from occuring in the Sudan!.

Oh, wait....