1. On 13 January 2012, UK District Judge Quentin Purdy rejected those arguments and ruled that Richard O'Dwyer could be extradited to the US to face copyright infringement allegations.
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The extradition order was approved by then UK Home Secretary Theresa May in March, 2012, and Richard O'Dwyer launched an appeal.
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On 28 November 2012, it was announced that Richard O'Dwyer had signed a deferred prosecution agreement to avoid extradition.
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Richard O'Dwyer was visited by UK and US police at this time, and some computer equipment was seized.
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Richard O'Dwyer's mother said her son had shut down the website the next day.
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In May 2011 the US Justice Department, through the London US Embassy, asked for Richard O'Dwyer to be extradited to the US under the Extradition Act 2003.
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On 13 January 2012, a judge ruled that Richard O'Dwyer can be extradited to US to face copyright infringement allegations.
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Richard O'Dwyer had been supported by The Guardian newspaper, and others.
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In November 2012, Richard O'Dwyer agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement.
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Whereas TV-Links was able to successfully argue it was a "mere conduit" under the EU Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002, aggregating content "they did not select or modify", Richard O'Dwyer had exerted considerable control over the content hosted on TV-Shack, and therefore the allegations, if true, constituted a crime in the UK.