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9/8/2004

Foreign Pirates Face U.S. Extradition

Filed under: — dan @ 12:24 am

Never underestimate the power of multibillionairedollar corporations! Looks like some country will get some discounted Windows XP licenses soon, no? :P
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New Zealand software pirates risk extradition to the United States following a ground-breaking ruling against an Australian man accused of pirating software, games and music worth up to US$50 million.

Mark Kelly, senior associate at Auckland’s Simpson Grierson, said the Hew Raymond Griffiths case in Australia confirmed that people based in one country and accused of software piracy could be brought to justice in another under extradition law.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3589541

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