US to Extradite DRM-breaker
The US is trying to extradite an Australian who broke DRM systems to stand trial in America. US justice agencies allege that Griffiths, whose online name was BanDido, was the ringleader of an internet group called DrinkOrDie (DOD). Its members played a global game of one-upmanship with manufacturers, cracking security codes and reproducing software, games and music worth $US50 million ($A70.2 million). It is not claimed that 41-year-old Griffiths, who is unemployed, made any money from the alleged piracy.
Read all about it here.
July 9th, 2004 at 5:59 pm
Oh my God, this is so funny. I just know the RIAA will get involved somehow, I just know it. “We also found some Hilary Duff mp3’s that were illegally downloaded, so we’re taking on another 12 years.”