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Comment Re:OTOH (Score 1) 1020

Interesting idea, but there is a fatal flaw in that just about everyone, with very few exceptions, is guilty of something. Which means that if the police set their minds to it, they could convict anyone they wanted.

Unless, you know, they didn't commit a crime. I don't know about you but I don't exactly have a whole body of crimes lying behind me, waiting to get me convicted.

Also, the police don't convict people.

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Moscow Police Watch Pre-Recorded Scenes On Surveillance Cams 114

An anonymous reader writes "During several months of 2009, Moscow police looked at fake pictures displayed on their monitors instead of what was supposed to be video from the city surveillance cams. The subcontractor providing the cams was paid on the basis of 'the number of working cams,' so he delivered pre-cooked pictures stored on his servers. The camera company CEO has been arrested."
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Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images 325

innocent_white_lamb writes "Starbucks brought out a line of cups with prehistoric Aztec images on them. Now the government of Mexico wants them to pay for the use of the images. Does the copyright on an image last hundreds of years?"

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