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Originally Posted by lostalex
See, i find that offensive, that you call it greedy when the American government tries to protect American artists.
The truth is the vast majority of pirated material (movies, TV shows, Muysic) is American, so what is wrong with the American government trying to protect our own artists??
The more i learn about this, the more i'm thinking maybe the government is actually protecting Americans, and it's just the rest of the world being upset because they want to keep getting American art for FREE.
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A lot of US material is pirated thats very true.
However if you think about it logically, the sources of the pirated material is more often than not American too. Surely America should make sure its own house is in order before demanding the extradition of other countries nationals.
By all means ask for information to trace back those sources to their origin. Prosecute them to the fullest extent of your laws, give fair and just punishments to the US citizens who are guilty of copyright infringements before taking action outside of your own borders. Publicise those prosecutions. Let the world know that you do prosecute all cases of copyright theft.
It will save the rest of the world knowing you are bullies, who demand and expect extradition with a potential view to prosecution, even when you wont sort out your own internal problems. Then again seeing a lot of US citizens up for copyright theft might not look as good for the FBI etc as the high media coverage given to cases of a foreign national being extradited to the US.
If a company in the UK decided to ask for a US citizen to be extradited to the UK for copyright theft of a UK copyrighted movie for example, would you support that extradition? Even if the request for extradition was backed up by little or no evidence. as in the case of a lot of US extradition demands? Or do you hold that might is right and what the US asks for the US should get?