Pirate Congress 2012 Motions/Motion:Extradition treaties

Protect Australians from extradition on IP

TODO: Review 2012 extradition act amendment changes for the motions

Potential paths

• Append the following to EXTRADITION ACT 1988; Section 22(3)(g) "the Attorney-General is satisfied that there is no extradition request for infringement of intellectual property"; http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ea1988149/s22.html
• In the new extradition treaties: State that extradition shall not be granted for offences relating to infringement of intellectual property.
• Append to Australian Treaty Series 1976 No 10; Article VII (1)(d) "the offence relates to infringement of intellectual property" http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/other/dfat/treaties/1976/10.html

Other research material

• Extradition law in Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_Australia
• Australian extradition treaty http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ea1988149/

Hew Griffths

Legal analysis

http://www.internationallawupdate.com/09/australian-federal-court-of-appeal-rules-that-australian-resident-was-extraditable-to-u-s-for-his-part-in-alleged-international-criminal-conspiracy-to-pirate-copyrighted-software-since-u-s-had-made/

Brief analysis:

• http://www.petermartin.com.au/2007/06/tuesday-column-be-warned-if-it-happened.html
• http://www.intelligentdesign.com.au/blog/2007/07/17/australia-subject-to-the-laws-of-the-united-states/
• http://lawontherow.com/2007/10/23/no-more-lines-in-the-virtual-sand-the-hew-griffiths-case-considered/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hew_Raymond_Griffiths

O'Dwyer

• http://cyberleagle.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/copyright-extradition-faq.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer

Extradition groups

• http://www.australiansforextraditionjustice.com/home
• http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/campaigns/extradition-watch/index.php
• http://spyblog.org.uk/mt436/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=6&tag=Extradition%20Act%202003&limit=20

2012 changes

• http://corrigan.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/eamaicmlaa2012720/
• http://castancentre.com/2012/03/07/extradition-and-mutual-assistance-changes-slip-in-under-the-radar/
• http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr4620%22
• http://greensmps.org.au/content/news-stories/extradition-and-mutual-assistance-fighting-crime-vs-protecting-rights