sociotech

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   by sociotech 14y ago

   The statement makes clear what I had suspected, as a lawyer, from the outset: Lessig, some criminal defense attorneys, and a few other parties have mounted a witchhunt that has little to do with the case in hand. I should add that I'm not f
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   by sociotech 14y ago

   Remember, Lessig's point was that Aaron SHOULD have been punished but that the sentence was disproportionate. And we can rise above our prejudices and instinctive "identifications." I don't accept that we have to follow our instinctive "psy
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   by sociotech 14y ago

   Regarding legal costs, Lessig has made up the $1MM figure apparently based on nothing, or (at best) his intuition. He also didn't say the defense would cost $1MM. He said Aaron could have feared it would cost that much. As for sentencing, i
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   by sociotech 14y ago

   I'm genuinely perplexed by the ongoing coverage of this story and many of the comments here. First, the discussion of the legal situation lacks any perspective. Only people who spend all their time focused on technology policy would interpr