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OK, now tell me how you can remove this file from BitTorrent (it's Fedora 18 KDE) magnet:?xt=urn:btih:14f146cdfaef83951ca9d3ac647e18e1977d1367 I'll wait

• ubernostrum 11y ago
  It's not about whether the removal is logistically possible, it's about whether a court can punish someone for failing to carry out the removal. Even when the former is actually impossible, a court could still punish for the latter. "Ha ha ha I use technology to cleverly show how futile your orders are" is not the kind of thing you want to say to a court with broad contempt powers.
  • toyg 11y ago
    If the "forbidden" action was previous to proceedings and carried out in good faith by unknown parties, it would be very hard to sanction anyone.
  • iopq 11y ago
    The court can't punish you for not being able to do the impossible. That's ludicrous. "We have shut down all of our servers, yes. We can't stop people from downloading this, no"
    • tangus 11y ago
      Pay damages, then.
      • naasking 11y ago
        Pay damages because someone else uploaded something by accident and you can't fix it? It doesn't work like that.
        • fixermark 11y ago
          It only doesn't work like that in the context of safe harbor laws. If the safe harbor law protection doesn't apply, and the defendant is responsible for the illegal behavior, the defendant can absolutely be held legally liable and pay the legally-appropriate punishment.
      • iopq 11y ago
        Why should you pay the damages for something that's not on your server?
    • Retra 11y ago
      That's because all laws make sense and all people who enforce and judge them are understand this.
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