Do you also advocate letting career criminals have a say in sentencing guidelines?
(Just so we're clear, all internet users are criminals, right?)
The lesson here is that people will respond more favourably to a polite request than to a hard demand.
Do you think that an organization whose purpose is to send thousands of hired killers to invade foreign countries will worry about interational outcry?
Or even bother with capture and trial, when simply eliminating them is so much easier?
The commenters here here seem to assume that this ruling has some sort of force. For your information,US law does not apply in Canada until the cheque made out to the Conservative Party has cleared the bank.
Court shows a distinct lack of self-respect
"It seems like Righthaven still thinks that these rulings aren't that big of a deal."
Given the explanations, extensions, and all-around lack of consequences, Righthaven appears to be correct in thinking that way.