Feature: Big Content’s latest antipiracy weapon: extradition
28 07 2011As major American copyright holders continue their long war on file-sharing, the focus of the debate has increasingly shifted overseas. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun seizing the domain names of so-called rogue sites based overseas. And copyright interests are pushing for the passage of the PROTECT IP Act, which would draft various intermediaries, including DNS providers, into the fight against such sites.
In May, American law enforcement officials opened up yet another front in this war by seeking the extradition of Richard O’Dwyer.
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