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That makes no sense and I don't think that lines up with liability. Every hammer maker knows some people use hammers as murder weapons. Their continued manufac
by carlosdp 4y ago
That makes no sense and I don't think that lines up with liability.
Every hammer maker knows some people use hammers as murder weapons. Their continued manufacturing of hammers obviously does not constitute a criminal act.
This argument makes no sense, and while I'm not a lawyer, I doubt it actually has legal basis (at least in the US).
- cantSpellSober 4y agoMens rea isn't some radical idea. If hitting specific sales targets on Bushmaster AR-style hammers is tied to your bonus you might end up settling for $73 million when you get caught pushing them too hard and they're used in a bunch of massacres.
- carlosdp 4y agoThe developers of Tornado Cash don't directly profit from its use (the article claims that erroneously), it's a fully permissionless immutable smart contract without a fee component. So this argument, while potentially valid, doesn't apply here.
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- cantSpellSober 4y agoWhether or not the developers acted with criminal intent is of great importance, if not philosophically at least legally