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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by throwaway290 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @12:23PM (#41257747)
> How would US citizens would feel if another country, say China, wanted to extradite a US citizen

Probably how Swedish citizens felt when China 'extradited' Gui Minhai. At least in US you have due process?

See also https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/230000-policing-expan....

> US is playing world police

NZ and US have a bunch of shared laws, trade and extradition agreements and stuff. It's not like US dropped in and snatched Dotcom without any NZ cooperation. Not world police, just boring international justice.

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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by epolanski on Thursday August 15, 2024 @04:15PM (#41259904)
US copyright laws *are not* international law.
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Re:Kim Dotcom's Extradition to the U.S. Given Green Light by... by throwaway290 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @11:06PM (#41262770)
Copyright laws are not even US laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_internation...
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