I’m at a loss watching things like this latest legal gambit unfold.
From Ars Technica:
In May, American law enforcement officials opened up yet another front in this war by seeking the extradition of Richard O’Dwyer. The 23-year-old British college student is currently working on his BS in interactive media and animation. Until last year, he ran a “link site” that helped users find free movies and TV shows, many of them infringing. American officials want to try him on charges of criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy.
Exactly at what point did the US government become the attack dog for big media? In this case O’Dwyer is being hounded for linking to copyrighted content. Am I alone in seeing the absurdity of this scenario?
Kudos to Media for outsourcing their enforcer role. (/sarcasm)
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