A student raised in Barnsley is facing up to five years in a US jail after losing his extradition case.
Richard O'Dwyer, 23, formerly of Mount Vernon Road, Barnsley, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court last Friday regarding a website which earned him almost £150,000.
He is accused of breaking US copyright laws through TVShack, a site which provided links to pirate videos of American films and television shows and operated for three years. During the six-month legal battle, his barrister has argued it operated in much the same way as Google but US prosecutors said he earned £146,000 over three years in advertising revenue and, because the videos were stored on servers in the US, argued it was a crime committed in that country.
Richard's mother Julia, who now lives in Bolsover, said they were disappointed with the result but would carry on as normal before appealing to the High Court in the summer. More from Julia in this week's paper.
