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> Violating a state statute is still illegal by definition, even if the remedy provided is civil rather than criminal. You wouldn't be "violating" anything, bu
by magicalist 5y ago
> Violating a state statute is still illegal by definition, even if the remedy provided is civil rather than criminal.
You wouldn't be "violating" anything, but if we sidestep that issue, you appear to be arguing that all behavior that someone has standing to sue over should be called "illegal". That seems like a semantic game most everyone should have a serious problem with.
- wizzwizz4 5y ago> you appear to be arguing that Careful: you wouldn't want to be unfairly misrepresenting somebody else's views! That would be libellous. (You don't want to say something illegal, now, do you?) But yeah: not all torts are crimes, and there's good reason for that. Lumping them together under the same “illegal” banner is how IP-as-control got started.