> Britain has authorised the extradition to the United States of a student who created a website allowing people to watch films and television shows for free, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.

> ..[The 23-year-old student] allegedly earned tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) through advertising on the TVShack website before it was closed down by US authorities.

> The student would be the first British citizen extradited for such an offence. He faces jail if found guilty of the charges, which were brought after a crackdown by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

> His lawyer had argued in court that the website did not store copyright material itself and merely directed users to other sites, making it similar to Google.

> The lawyer also argued that his client was being used as a "guinea pig" for copyright law in the United States.

https://phys.org/news/2012-03-britain-student-extradition-we...

Thanks.

All charges eventually dropped, a £20,000 fine and promise not to do it again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer

Seems he now runs a software biz.

That's great to hear!