[rytis]

A Home Office spokesman said: "We have effective, fair and balanced extradition arrangements with the US [...] People who have committed serious offences such as murder, rape, other sex crimes and fraud [...]

Good to know. Running a search engine can be compared to murder, rape, etc...

[cjrp]

When I wrote to my MP (who simply forwarded the letter on to the Home Office), I got the same response.

[knotty66]

"fair and balanced extradition arrangements with the US"

I'm sorry, what? These extradition arrangements are completely lopsided and need to be reformed.

[jahewson]

Of course that's fine until the other country starts repackaging all crimes as "serious", which is arguably what's happening here - copyright after all, is usually civil and not criminal until huge scale is reached (and actually involves handling copyrighted material).