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The theatrics and drama of it is a silly distraction, but the fundamental questions seem worth following and discussing.
I’m not German; what an odd thing to comment.
And also because some subset of those consider piracy a hobby, mission, or right, not only a pragmatic way to get the content they want.
But I guess some people could be interested in the platform responsibility angle.
However, when discussing obviously entirely piracy platforms, isn't the interest and dialogue different, than it is for general-purpose platforms with only a fraction of the user contributions being problematic, and good-faith efforts to mitigate those?
The piracy discussion is also hugely fascinating; I’m sure a good portion of HN remember Napster and friends, and the endless discussions had about that. We don’t seem to talk about it a lot.
Signed, not a German.
They can, in countries that have entered into extradition treaties with Russia. That's how treaties work.
In this case, the courts seem to think Dotcom was breaking both US and New Zealand law, and in the treaty New Zealand has with the US, they've agreed that someone could be extradited in those cases.
If Dotcom wasn't found to be breaking New Zealand law but only US law, it seems he wouldn't have been extradited.