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Originally Posted by Targan
I think that would be the right thing to do but US is generally totally opposed to handing over its citizens (and especially soldiers) for trial by other countries, isn't it? And the last few US governments have publicly expressed support for non-US criminals to be tried by the International Criminal Court but have refused to allow US citizens to fall under its jurisdiction.
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The U.S. actually asked for the British to hand over the young man, who had kept a link site, from where people could find links to pirated movies. The guy had not provided the movies himself, only the links to those hosted by others and yet he is probably going to be transported to U.S. for trial. If it had been a U.S. citizen and the British had wanted him for the same, it would have become far more complicated as the agreement between the two is unbalanced - for the U.S., only a suspicion is enough while the Brits would need evidence to actually have any chance of getting an U.S. citizen for trial. And no, this is not a rant about U.S. citizens. Just an example of double standards that are going to get more and more common, especially with the SOPA/PIPA.
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