AT&T Case Asks High Court to Assign Privacy Rights to Companies

Re:AT&T Case Asks High Court to Assign Privacy Rights to Com... by ck2 on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @04:27AM (#2119262)

So basically the formula is, if you are going to commit a crime, make sure you form a corporation around it first. It literally shields you from prison time.

I wonder just how many people have to obviously die from someone's risky decision, hiding behind a corporation, for someone to serve even one day. The BP disaster sets the bar pretty high for everyone to walk away scot-free, the idea that one day there will be some other kind of event even worse than that is pretty scary.

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Re:AT&T Case Asks High Court to Assign Privacy Rights to Com... by jamesaguilar on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @04:39AM (#2119281)

Oversimplification. You obviously cannot form a corporation then commit any arbitrary crime and escape judgment. And there have been a number of cases where a corporate executive has committed criminal misconduct that they have been sent to jail for. It's what there is no particular person to whom blame can obviously be assigned where the problem we're discussing comes to pass.

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Re:AT&T Case Asks High Court to Assign Privacy Rights to Com... by cynoclast on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @09:41AM (#2119825)

>It's what there is no particular person to whom blame can obviously be assigned where the problem we're discussing comes to pass.

Actually, it's rather easy. The CEO collects the biggest paycheck, nail the responsibility to them. Greatest profits should come with the greatest risk.

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Re:AT&T Case Asks High Court to Assign Privacy Rights to Com... by chopsueyar on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @11:01AM (#2120123)

Parent means you have to have lots of cash.

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