[governance] Julian Assange extradition: Ecuador 'willing to co-operate' with Britain

[jonathan at jcave.eclipse.co.uk]

Downloading does not carry the death penalty. But IP law and blasphemy law are being used to send messages to the communities to which those arrested belong as much as (if not more than) to punish crime. I have seen considerable shock and contempt in the UK press for such downloading arrests, and for e.g. US demands for extradition of the UK hacker and Asperger's victim Gary McKinnon. 

Not sure I see the point you are making. Could you clarify? Is it about press coverage? It doesn't seem to be law and free speech; blasphemy laws in general may raise free speech issues but burning a stack of documents allegedly containing pages from the Qu'ran does not; nor does downloading (though I suppose hosting material in violation of IPR might). Cheers, J. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Carlos A. Afonso" <ca at cafonso.ca>
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:38:01 
To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
Reply-To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org,"Carlos A. Afonso" <ca at cafonso.ca>
Subject: Re: [governance] Julian Assange extradition: Ecuador 'willing to
 co-operate' with Britain

And right now I listen to CNN's anchor "horrified" because a Pakistani
child (11-year old) has been arrested for blasphemy. This is indeed
brutal, but I've never seen an American anchor horrified when the
Americans arrest kids for downloading music.

E la nave va...

--c.a.


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