Comment So did they charge the ISP as well? (Score 1) 255
Since, after all, the ISP carried the traffic that facilitated the crime..
Since, after all, the ISP carried the traffic that facilitated the crime..
Because there is a difference between trying to elicit a behavior and trying to change a person's psychological state of mind.
Shhhh. This is Slashdot. Common Sense is not allowed.
Because the FBI would get them, despite the court order. Courts have no power to enforce their rulings, and it is pretty plain to see that the current occupant of the Whitehouse doesn't give two shits about laws or court rulings.
Well, it's a good thing we don't grow a whole lot of food crops in the streets of New York City. For a minute there I was worried.
I didn't read the entire ruling, but does anyone know if she stayed the ruling pending appeal, or does the ruling take effect immediately?
Or a swift kick in the nuts.
This is why there is zero oversight from Kickstarter/Amazon - they get their 20% cut if the projects gets funded. There's no way Amazon.com is going to walk away from $125,000 in free money when they have absolutely no risk.
(We've heard this song before - from ISPs back in the day who claimed they were "common carriers" and "only providing a network" to avoid being charged as accessories to piracy).
They'll take their 125k, and if questioned, simply state they were providing a platform, and that they are not responsible for what users do with it.
They have Congressional authority. That is the whole "delegation of powers" thing where Congress is too lazy to legislate so they just delegate the power to an unaccountable, unelected agency that lives under the executive branch, which can regulate "as it sees fit."
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