Comment Re:Investigating if laws were broken (Score 1) 312
>There was clearly no criminal intent in this case since he posted the video on Youtube.
I really, really wish that were true. Have you really never heard of any the many cases of people posting Youtube videos of thefts, assaults, even rapes? I don't know whether it's motivated by overwhelming stupidity, a desire for infamy, or what, but it's very definitely a thing.
Also, from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law does not excuse" or "ignorance of the law excuses no one") is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because he or she was unaware of its content.
Basically it means it means exactly what it says. Etymology aside, "ignorance" refers to lack of knowledge and has nothing to do with "ignoring" beyond possibly ignoring the theoretical past opportunities to learn more. The principle is based on the assumption that everyone knows all the laws (or perhaps that it's your responsibility to know the law), never mind that such a claim is ridiculous given the size of modern bodies of law. It was established to protect against someone knowingly committing a crime and then avoiding liability by making the nigh-un-disprovable claim that they didn't know it was illegal.