Re:FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infe...
by adventured on Saturday May 26, 2018 @04:28PM
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That's not how liability works at all. That's an idealistic interpretation of the law that has never actually existed.
It does not matter if you charge for your service or product, nor how much you charge, you can still be found criminally negligent or reckless if it kills people and your actions played an important role. There are very few exceptions to that.
In civil terms it's far more straight forward: if your free brakes kill people, you will be sued for it (almost guaranteed). From there they will attempt to prove that you were negligent regarding the quality of the free brakes you created.
You give away thousands of free chicken sandwiches, that without your knowledge happen to contain bacteria that causes food poisoning and ends up killing several people. You did a very poor, careless job at food prep (similar to the dangerously manufactured brakes). You're almost guaranteed to be pursued criminally and civilly for the deaths.
It does not matter if you charge for your service or product, nor how much you charge, you can still be found criminally negligent or reckless if it kills people and your actions played an important role. There are very few exceptions to that.
In civil terms it's far more straight forward: if your free brakes kill people, you will be sued for it (almost guaranteed). From there they will attempt to prove that you were negligent regarding the quality of the free brakes you created.
You give away thousands of free chicken sandwiches, that without your knowledge happen to contain bacteria that causes food poisoning and ends up killing several people. You did a very poor, careless job at food prep (similar to the dangerously manufactured brakes). You're almost guaranteed to be pursued criminally and civilly for the deaths.