Comment Re:Ummmm (Score 2, Insightful) 145
Why should he be held responsible? The XSS is just plaintext code. It has no meaning unless someone executes it.
Could the same not be argued about malicious/annoying scripting language code, or any interpreted code for that matter?
If TPB can't be held responsible for simply providing links to illegal downloads, surely this kid shouldn't be held responsible for writing up some XML style sheets.
Maybe its just me, but I think that depending on what country you are in the laws for what you are responsible for change quite a bit.