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US anti-piracy body targets foreign website owners for extradition | Technology | The Guardian
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British website owners could face extradition to the US on piracy charges even if their operation has no connection to America and does something which is most probably legal in the UK, the official leading US web anti-piracy efforts has told the Guardian.

The US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is targeting overseas websites it believes are breaking US copyrights whether or not their servers are based in America or there is another direct US link, said Erik Barnett, the agency's assistant deputy director.

As long as a website's address ends in .com or .net, if it is implicated in the spread of pirated US-made films, TV or other media it is a legitimate target to be closed down or targeted for prosecution, Barnett said. While these web addresses are traditionally seen as global, all their connections are routed through Verisign, an internet infrastructure company based in Virginia, which the agency believes is sufficient to seek a US prosecution.

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<p>British website owners could face <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/extradition" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Extradition">extradition</a> to the US on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/piracy" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Piracy">piracy</a> charges even if their operation has no connection to America and does something which is most probably legal in the UK, the official leading US web anti-piracy efforts has told the Guardian.</p><p>The US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is targeting overseas websites it believes are breaking US copyrights whether or not their servers are based in America or there is another direct US link, said <a href="http://www.ice.gov/about/leadership/senior-counselor-bio/erik-barnett.htm" title="">Erik Barnett</a>, the agency's assistant deputy director.</p><p>As long as a website's address ends in .com or .net, if it is implicated in the spread of pirated US-made films, TV or other media it is a legitimate target to be closed down or targeted for prosecution, Barnett said. While these web addresses are traditionally seen as global, all their connections are routed through Verisign, an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/internet" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Internet">internet</a> infrastructure company based in Virginia, which the agency believes is sufficient to seek a US prosecution.</p>