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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by laureny on Monday March 24, 2014 @12:57AM (#7456793)
> > Then Eric Schmidt says: > I would prefer Omid do it verbally since I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later > How does someone this stupid rise to such a high position of wealth and influence?

What is stupid exactly?

Saying "We should discuss this verbally so we don't risk to get sued" is not illegal. It's not even acknowledging doing something illegal. You could even argue in court that you are explicitly taking an action to not do something illegal.

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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by CamperBob2 on Monday March 24, 2014 @01:23PM (#7459615)
You could even argue in court that you are explicitly taking an action to not do something illegal.

You could argue that, but you'd have to be pretty deluded to think anyone would believe you.

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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by laureny on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:37PM (#7463445)
> You could argue that, but you'd have to be pretty deluded to think anyone would believe you.

It doesn't matter, courts need to prove you're guilty. My point was that this sentence in an email doesn't get the prosecution any closer to that goal.

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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @02:11PM (#7467661)
It doesn't matter, courts need to prove you're guilty.

True, but you don't have to be quite so helpful.

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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by smackfu on Monday March 24, 2014 @05:55AM (#7457408)
It's stupid to put that request in writing.
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