tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8908466453738556298..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Six of the Best 217Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-64225304234548789912012-01-19T22:46:07.524+00:002012-01-19T22:46:07.524+00:00Richard O'Dwyer deserves protection. The charg...Richard O'Dwyer deserves protection. The charges that he faces do not deserve extradition. See, for example, Ming Campbell:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087135/Richard-ODwyer-US-extradition-pact-misused-says-Sir-Menzies-Campbell.html<br /><br />It is undeniable that Richard O'Dwyer profited from his website. From http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086800/Richard-ODwyer-extradition-Britain-throwing-son-wolves-says-mother-Julia.html, "In 2008, he set up the website TVShack.net, which, US prosecutors claim, banked him an estimated £147,000 in advertising revenue over three years." Evidence of wealth is provided in O'Dwyer's Facebook comments about BMW Mini racing.<br /><br />According to different reports, his website provided direct links to copyright material available for download, or to links to links. I don't think that it matters either way.<br /><br />Richard O'Dwyer is guilty of stupidity. He thought that he could get rich by selling torrents and by selling advertising. <br /><br />Richard O'Dwyer is guilty of stupidity ten fold. He thought that he was impermeable because, whatever it was, provided him with super legal powers.<br /><br />Current copyright laws are inadequate to moderate the desires of producers and consumers. But you should not disregard laws for personal or commercial expediency. My desire to watch a TV programme broadcast in the USA does not justify an illegal download -- watching a television programme is not a human right.<br /><br />Whatever his moral crimes may be, however, Richard O'Dwyer should not be extradited.Charliemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964488383299624526noreply@blogger.com