Poland to extradite popular file-sharing site owner to the US

Polish court decided, that Ukrainian Artem Vauiln, can be extradited to the US for copyright infringement charges. Vaulin operated a popular peer-to-peer filesharing website Kickass Torrents, he was arrested in Warsaw in July last year. “It is legally admissable to hand over the citizen of Ukraine, Artem Vaulin to US justice authorities,” the District Court in Warsaw said. US court indicted Vaulin for illegally distributing copyrighted material worth over $1 billion. If convicted he could spend up to 20 years in prison. His defense lawyers said they would appeal against the ruling, calling the extradition request “without any merit.” If the court's decision is upheld, Polish justice minister will then decide whether to extradite Vaulin.