Approximately less than 5 hours before deadline our solicitor received a fax of the Home Secretary Theresa May's order for Richard's extradition see below. You will see that in order for Richard to be shipped off to the US just 4 lines of text and a rubber stamp is all that is required. The actual delivered letter arrived 7 hours after the deadline had passed. Of interest is that this is the very first and only piece of communication we have received since this whole extradition nightmare began. I find that a despicable way to treat someone.
Please have a look here Extradition Law Change Poll and vote on Extradition Law change & how you think it should be changed
Julie take a look at Pinterest which is a US based social media website that's taking the internet by storm and has wealthy backers. It's business model is for its users to pin links to images that they like and see on the internet to pinboards. Many of those images are copyrighted material and Pinterest are storing those images on Amazons servers. Take a look at Pinterest's T&C and you will see that they are doing far more than Richard was doing.
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ReplyDeleteI read about this yesterday and I'm completely stunned that a foreign corporation is able to extradite people so easily with the main focus on producing a show trial in order to prop up a outdated business model. For something that is not illegal in the UK (see the Onik case) and DPP quoted as "not being serious enough" to warrant UK prosecution (quite correctly - copyright is and always should be a civil case) - this is simply unbelievable. I'm totally disgusted with Terasa May - her total lack any kind of responsibility or backbone to stop this, what exactly are the people running this country doing?. Hope the appeal goes well and as it should put a stop to this utter nonsense.
Jimmy
Thanks Jimmy we don't have much opportunity to prove not a crime in UK. Check new blog post e mail webform, as many e mails as poss to UK gov to keep up the pressure.
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ReplyDeleteJust heard the news. Its absolutely outrageous.If we allow this to happen what next? If a person can be extradited sharing links to web sites can a person be extradited for selling pirate copies? where does it end? Teresa May...your decision to sign this order ultimately might be more damaging to your career than a young talented students future. Good Luck Richard keep positive you have a lot of support and it will grow!
Siobhan
Thanks Siobhan see blog post with webform needs as many to send as possible
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This is dreadful, what can a normal person do to support you?
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm just catching up here, see latest blog post with webform to e mail uk gov, they are feeling the pressure so we need to keep it up
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Hello Julia. I live in Chesterfield and write for the London Progressive Journal. I'd like to write an article about you and Richard and maybe ask you some questions. Would that be OK with you?
ReplyDeleteIf so please email me: felixmchugh@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks
Did I e mail you?
DeleteHello Julia
ReplyDeleteI am a Development Producer for Off The Fence productions. I would be very interested in speaking with you. Could you please email me at naomi@offthefence.com
The UK Home(wreckers) Office ....strikes again ...disgusting treatment - I hope people share this far and wide.
ReplyDeleteHi Cliff just spotted you here ! trying to catch up yes typical UK Homewreckers behaviour I'm afraid
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