I found this story a little disturbing. An Australian man who never set foot in the U.S. is facing extradition to the U.S. to face charges of criminal copyright breaches. The man is alleged to have been part of a conspiracy that cracked codes on copyrighted material and made it available to an internet club (a Warez site).
Do actions on the internet invite worldwide internet jurisdiction? Should sovereign states act to extradite their nationals to a foreign jurisdiction for actions on the internet? While I do not agree with pirating of software, shouldn't that be a matter for the local jurisdiction's criminal code? (I find it difficult to believe that Australia does not have statutes that cover this activity, but taking the article at face value, if you are not breaking local criminal law, why should you face extradition to another country.)
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