Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his servers

Re:Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his ... by forgottenpaswrd on Friday November 30, 2012 @06:08PM (#4855975)

What I believe is weak is that someone could put files in your computer and you become a criminal, completely out of proportion response.

"Suppressing" the market is impossible. How did it work with drugs? or with alcohol?

The law of the unintended consequences strikes again.

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Re:Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his ... by tzs on Friday November 30, 2012 @07:20PM (#4856236)

> "Suppressing" the market is impossible. How did it work with drugs? or with alcohol?

For alcohol, consumption shortly after Prohibition in the US fell to about 30% of pre-Prohibition levels. It then increased over the next few years to about 60-70% of pre-Prohibition levels. It stayed at that level until Prohibition was repealed, and stayed there for a bit after then climbed over the next decade back to pre-Prohibition levels. Cite: Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition, Jeffrey A. Miron and Jeffrey Zwiebel, The American Economic Review, Vol. 81, No. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 242-247.

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Re:Tor operator charged for child porn transmitted over his ... by honesty on Saturday December 08, 2012 @04:46PM (#4892795)

Yes, yes, lovely, and what happened to crime during that time ?

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