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> Being found not guilty supports my contention. Not necessarily. A cynical modern legal strategy is to bombard people with frivolous legal actions that only t
by lutusp 1y ago
> Being found not guilty supports my contention.
Not necessarily. A cynical modern legal strategy is to bombard people with frivolous legal actions that only the well-heeled can afford. Defendants can argue that claims are baseless or frivolous, but to make that argument, they must hire a lawyer and appear in court.
To see my point, look at the number of frivolous prosecutions now being launched by ... ah, never mind, I don't want to get political.
But individuals have been successfully prosecuted for "aiding and abetting" violations of the DMCA, where speech was a material element of the proscribed behavior. Oh, and -- IANAL.
- braiamp 1y ago> A cynical modern legal strategy is to bombard people with frivolous legal actions that only the well-heeled can afford Why only describe them and not go for the easiest example: Nintendo.
- mschuster91 1y agoA lot of the people Nintendo goes after make money with one sort of piracy or another.
- charcircuit 1y agoYou could do the same thing DMCA or not.
- dbdr 1y agoYou could, but having a law that is adjacent makes it dramatically harder and more expensive to defend yourself against the bogus accusations.