TVShack creator Richard O'Dwyer could now face trial in the US (Picture: PA)
--A student who created the TVShack
website that streamed free films and TV shows online can be extradited to the US
for trial, a court ruled today. 13 Jan
2012 Richard O'Dwyer, 23, allegedly earned thousands of pounds through
advertising revenue on the site before it was detected and shut down by US
authorities. The Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate could be the first
British citizen to be extradited for this type of offence, meaning he would effectively be a 'guinea pig' for US
copyright law. Mr O'Dwyer's lawyer, Ben Cooper, has argued that
the site itself did not store copyrighted material, but instead pointed users in
the direction of other sites. READ MORE
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