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Wasn't this to be expected, though? I'm no way near being a lawyer but, as I understand it, intent is quite important in law. If you design something with the i
by runeks 9y ago
Wasn't this to be expected, though? I'm no way near being a lawyer but, as I understand it, intent is quite important in law. If you design something with the intent of breaking a law, it makes sense that you should be liable.
That being said, I'm no supporter of copyright law, and I think whoever depends on owning information to generate an income will have a very limited life span (decades, at most), since they're essentially fighting against technology. The Pirate Bay is extremely simple technology (web page+BitTorrent), and after a decade of fighting I can still access it because I don't use my ISP's DNS servers -- just imagine how long the next innovation will take to suppress in court.
- Dylan16807 9y agoIntent is important, but mechanism is important too. If you're running a directory and doing nothing else that should not be illegal[1], even if your intent is causing the sun to explode. [1] as far as contributory crimes go. A directory could directly violate something like privacy laws and it would be fine to take that down.