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This is a link post Help pay Richard O'Dwyer's legal settlement against US extradition travesty of justice
Needs 25k. Up to almost 13k as of this post.
 (I helped save b3ta! gingerbenji wrote a book http://goo.gl/8UiGjd, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:47, Reply)
This is a normal post he should set up a website for sharing dodgy downloads
he could make a few quid from ad revenue probably
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:49, Reply)
This is a normal post excellent idea!

(Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 2:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Didn't this guy make something in the region of £250K from the site, or was that someone else?
Edit: "But the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency shut down the website claiming he had earned more than $230,000 (£147,000)"

www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/28/wikipedia-extradiction-law-review-odwyer

Assuming he earned anything close, he can afford his own legal bills
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 21:51, Reply)
This is a normal post One assumes that fighting the extradition wasn't cheap
You can also be pretty sure that the Customs Enforcement Agency had no way of knowing exactly what he earned so guessed on the upper end of the scale.

I still tend to agree though.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't have much time for people who host file sharing sites which by their very nature encourage illegal file sharing
It's not a very nice way of complementing the people who make films and software just because you are a cheap skate. DVD's cost fuck all these days; my sympathy factor is zero with this guy
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:08, Reply)
This is a normal post I have a lot of sympathy for these people.
This is just the modern moral equivalent of swapping disks and tapes in the playground, or sitting around with friends to watch a taped TV show, (or attending a VHS screening on an oil rig, etc.).

People like this were/are the trailblazers for on-demand TV/video - and very often offer a better service than the official channels.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 1:22, Reply)
This is a normal post How do morals come into it?
Applying a standard of good or evil doesn't work with this.
 (PhosphorBurnedEyes Swastika Shop opening here soon, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 5:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe I'm missing something here
But according to this Guardian article it all ended yesterday.
 (I helped save b3ta! krang, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I just stumbled onto that

(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:03, Reply)
This is a normal post It makes you wonder where the raised cash is going to go.
People still seem to be coughing up too.
 (I helped save b3ta! krang, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Let the suckers donate
The internet is truly fabulous for milking tools
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Wonder if I can get the internet to fund me a 600 f/4?

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Waste money on the national lottery
I to want one, and for the time being can't justify it
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:36, Reply)
This is a normal post I need £5K for catering

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 13:02, Reply)
This is a normal post *throws money at money-box*

(I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 22:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Pfft
NO.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:02, Reply)
This is a normal post I believe another B3tan went to uni with this bod, and he was a bit of a cock then!
I think he got off lightly, and whatever costs he gets landed with should be covered with the money he did make.
 (I helped save b3ta! Ibstock, Sat 8 Dec 2012, 23:25, Reply)
This is a normal post The irony is delicious.

(pissflaps. FSPW, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 7:50, Reply)
This is a normal post I suggest he creates something, a film or game, and sell it for a modest price
I'll then post it online so no one has to pay him for his efforts.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mster Johnny Ekstrom, now that's a name, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:25, Reply)
This is a normal post I feel such a hypocrite on this
I have no sympathy for him whatsoever, but looking back I have sung a lot of covers at gigs and although the venues had a PPL licence (yes we did always check!) which aren't cheap, I have no real idea if the right money ended up with the right people.
Mind you, things have changed since I last did a gig anyway
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19783855
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 11:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Meh, screw this guy.
He made nearly a quarter of a million dollars out of his website knowing it linked to pirated material. When his site was taken down and he was warned he quite literally posted "f*ck the police!" and opened it again. And now he wants more money?? I feel sorry for his Mum, spending all her waking hours defending her son (and setting up sites like this) and trying to be a nurse while he lords it up around university spending his money and doing interviews for the Guardian. C*nt of the highest order.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Sun 9 Dec 2012, 12:42, Reply)