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Old 06-28-2009, 05:25 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane View Post
No, I am not making a false analogy, because I am not talking about a situation with "non-infringement" or "not-cp", or potential abuse. I am asking you a straightforward question about morality, when a criminal act is known. When you know it is illegal, there are NO speculations left. Everything else is irrelevant...
So when you answer yes, that means you also accept the fact that the owner of a torrent website bear the burden of stopping it - and reporting it, when they know. Right?
the torrent provider is exactly as liable as you would be for the virtual porn example.

I will let you decide which is which

if you believe that you should go to jail for creating kiddie porn if your content is use in the making of such virtual porn

then yes
if you argue that the legitimate use of your porn exempts you from the criminal liablity even though i can now prove you know it "can" be used for the creation of kiddie porn then no.

for me in both case the answer is no
the fact that the sales transaction you are making "can" both be used for a legitimate purpose and the illegal purpose means and you have no way of know which is going to happen means you can never truely know that an infringing act is happening

like wise fair use rights means that the torrent site owner can never really know either.
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