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Ignorance is not a defense against getting arrested. Everyone with a drivers license is expected to know all traffic laws, even brand new ones. You’re expected
by hinkley 2mo ago
Ignorance is not a defense against getting arrested. Everyone with a drivers license is expected to know all traffic laws, even brand new ones. You’re expected to know all forms of theft and violence. And then you and I are absolutely expected to understand the basics of copyright and IP laws.
Lawyering is about being able to argue case law and keeping confidences. That’s how you lose your license, is doing those two things poorly.
- bonoboTP 2mo agoFor ensuring legal compliance, there is a compliance department. Yes you obviously can't drive violating the traffic rules even if your boss asks you to. But regulations that apply to corporations, compliance etc are specialized laws, you don't have to know those. And it is the corporation that is acting. The individual employee who typed the Java API cloning thing in Orace v Google wasn't on the hook at any point.
- hinkley 2mo agoThose laws generally aren't high crimes. You know when you're committing crimes against humanity. Some people pretend they don't. And pretend they don't feel the judgement of those around them.
- bonoboTP 2mo agoThere is asshole and user-hostile design that doesn't quite rise to Nuremberg levels where "I was following orders" obviously didn't and doesn't work. But below a certain level it does work.