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In the USA it probably would be... he's in New Zealand.

• pbhjpbhj 14y ago
  Didn't stop the USA last time ...
  • tzs 14y ago
    The things he was accused of were illegal in New Zealand also.
    • lmm 14y ago
      Really? I was under the impression NZ didn't have the criminal conspiracy law the US was using. (Copyright infringement is of course illegal in NZ, but that's a civil matter and not what he was supposedly arrested for).
      • tptacek 14y ago
        Really. 131 Criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing objects (1) Every person commits an offence against this section who, other than pursuant to a copyright licence,— (a)makes for sale or hire; or (b)imports into New Zealand otherwise than for that person's private and domestic use; or (c)possesses in the course of a business with a view to committing any act infringing the copyright; or (d)in the course of a business,— (i)offers or exposes for sale or hire; or (ii)exhibits in public; or (iii)distributes; or (e)in the course of a business or otherwise, sells or lets for hire; or (f)distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner—an object that is, and that the person knows is, an infringing copy of a copyright work. NZ copyright law isn't structured like US copyright law; it recognizes "primary" and "secondary" infringement like our law does, but its criminal law is is broader; for instance, creation and sale of circumvention devices is an offense directly under Section 131 of NZ Copyright Law, not some wacky add-on law like the DMCA. Obviously, most countries don't have exactly the same laws as the US.
• damiankennedy 14y ago
  Yes, its illegal here too unless he filed a registered prospectus somehow.