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I hope they charge him, because it's going to be very hard to prosecute I believe, and a victory would enshrine legal rights to 'Right Click' and view source.
by jollybean 5y ago
I hope they charge him, because it's going to be very hard to prosecute I believe, and a victory would enshrine legal rights to 'Right Click' and view source.
I think the trial would come under enormous scrutiny.
If the reporter lost the case in local banana republic courts, I do believe it would go up to Federal or Supreme and it would win.
- denysvitali 5y agoThink about how happy would the NFT owners be!
- coldcode 5y agoIf I was the lawyer for the reporter I'd ask Tim Berners-Lee to testify. What a great testimony that would be.
- rchaud 5y agoThe case being hard to prosecute doesn't mean that paying for a legal defense will be cheap. The same goes for suing the state for damages afterwards; lawyers will require retainers to investigate the likelihood of a settlement. Suing the government is not a simple matter, by design. The goal of threatening reporters with prosecution is to intimidate others and prevent them from investigating areas that could embarrass the state government.