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While he may feel safe under the CDA, all it takes is one jury in one jurisdiction. There are so many laws on the books in so many states (not to mention the bo
by paulsutter 14y ago
While he may feel safe under the CDA, all it takes is one jury in one jurisdiction. There are so many laws on the books in so many states (not to mention the body of common law from court cases), that he should find himself in hot water. Not only civil but criminal. Especially when his stated intentions reflect pretty clear mens rea [1]. Willful blindness would be bad enough but his quotes are far worse.
Ventures that feel the need to state "It's completely legal! my lawyers checked" are usually a bad idea.
[1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea
- gamache 14y agoHe's getting into the business of destroying lives. I don't think it's lawyers that will end him.
- danso 14y agoWhatever happens, the pushback by policy makers will likely result in overbearing regulations that affect all Internet users.
- danielweber 14y agoAn even better reason for us ("us" being an extremely general term for Internet users that I use without asking anyone's permission) to figure out someway to stop him before the legislators make things even worse.