[rcgs]

Earning money via advertising is not a crime. Google does this.

Annoyingly, O'Dwyer's wikipedia article is scant for information on UK charges & the reasons for extradition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_ODwyer. If anything, it is quite unclear which UK laws he has broken.

[joeblau]

Yeah, that's true, but Google also complies with DMCA.

[mibbitier]

DMCA is a piece of US law. Why is DMCA relevant to a kid setting up a website in the UK?