Re:RIAA to .ORG Registry: Take down ThePirateBay
by notahacker on Monday June 06, 2016 @08:30PM
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Since when was it required for someone to explicitly state "the purpose of this website is to commit this civil/criminal offence" for a court to rule that a website owner is intentionally committing or assisting in an offence? I mean, if it calls itself the Pirate Bay and publicly refuses to remove references to pirated material on request (whilst pruning links to fake torrents) it's pretty difficult to take seriously an argument that the preponderance of references to pirated material is merely incidental.
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Re:RIAA to .ORG Registry: Take down ThePirateBay
by ominous on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @09:19AM
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Amazing. A court can rule on intention.
Some days are more dystopian than others.
Re:RIAA to .ORG Registry: Take down ThePirateBay
by pdabbadabba on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @09:27AM
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There is absolutely nothing new or unusual here. Intent has been an essential element in virtually every crime since the dawn of our legal system (and the English system before it).
If you run over someone with your car by accident, it's at worst manslaughter (and probably no crime at all). But if you did it intentionally it's murder. I could come up with examples like this literally all day.
Re:RIAA to .ORG Registry: Take down ThePirateBay
by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @09:24AM
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Courts rule on intention all the time, as I understand it. That's pretty much their primary function; has been for centuries?