Companies in this country, and the one in question (both the UK) do not have a sole obligation to provide a return for shareholders, to quote the FT (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7319a86-cc5f-11e2-bb22-00144feab7de.html#axzz3KwTHMDBP) "they must have regard to six specific factors: the long-term consequences of their decisions, the interests of employees, relationships with suppliers and customers, the impact of corporate activities on the community and the environment, the company’s reputation for high standards of business conduct and the need for fairness between different members of the company."

We've been known to arrest real presidents at the behest of European countries never mind piddling little vice presidents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictment_and_arrest_of_Augusto_Pinochet

True the UK always fights extradition requests from the US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_Act_2003

That'll be the lizards...

osteopath != chiropractor.

How many people download copies of films, T.V. programmes and music that they already own in another format? I often wonder about the relative morality of this. It's possible to argue that you don't purchase a copy of the work, just a licence to consume. Between you and me it's much easier to nip across to TPB and grab a copy of something I own on vinyl than to copy the original into whatever format I want to use.