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>if in the future the laws change Almost no legal system works this way. You can't suddenly be found guilty of violating a law that didn't exist.
by contravariant 6y ago
>if in the future the laws change
Almost no legal system works this way. You can't suddenly be found guilty of violating a law that didn't exist.
- sbarre 6y agoJust curious, are you a lawyer here in Canada?
- mgbmtl 6y agoI agree, but it's not a legal requirement, it's just how things usually work. Here's a counter example: http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-parlementaires/projets-loi/projet-loi-55-42-1.html http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-parlementaires/projets-lo... - tl;dr: Quebec abolished the statute of limitations for sex/child abuse crimes. Shortly after the law was passed, a group of priests were arrested. (it took a while to pass the law, and was a multi-party, multi-year process)
- lolc 6y agoHaha, that's a funny take along the lines of "it's not illegal if the cops didn't see." The reality is that the sharing is the infringement one gets prosecuted for. Copyright law already exists.