Copyright Infringement: British Man Faces Extradition To U.S.<http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/copyright-infringement-tv-shack-extradition-...> By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 13, 2012 @ 9:39pm PSTTags: Criminal Copyright Infringement<http://www.deadline.com/tag/criminal-copyright-infringement/>, Richard O'Dwyer <http://www.deadline.com/tag/richard-odwyer/>, TV Shack<http://www.deadline.com/tag/tv-shack/> A 23-year-old British student faces possible extradition to the United States for trial on charges of copyright infringement for hosting a website that pointed visitors to illegal download sites. Richard O’Dwyer’s website TV Shack listed links to other websites where users could access movies and TV shows but did not host any content himself. O’Dwyer, a college student, said he undertook TV Shack as a project to improve his skills and job marketability. O’Dwyer sold $230,000 worth of advertising, which he says was necessary because of the massive server fees. “When you’ve got a website with over 300,000 people a month visiting, there’s a need for infrastructure to support that.” O’Dwyer’s attorney said the young man had done nothing more than Google or Yahoo search engines. Ben Cooper, an extradition lawyer, described O’Dwyer as a “guinea pig” because no British citizen has ever been extradited to the United States for a copyright offense. Nonetheless, a London judge upheld the extradition request and sent it to Britain’s Home Secretary for a final decision. O’Dwyer plans to appeal. http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/copyright-infringement-tv-shack-extradition-...