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Since Corporations are People, how would UMG be charged with a felony?

• william42 15y ago
  Allowing corporations to be sued is exactly why corporate personhood exists, isn't it? Not sure you could imprison a company though. That'd probably be the same as the death penalty.
• patrickyeon 15y ago
  IANAL, but I would think the person who filed the takedown notice would be charged. AFAIK, even the automated mass-takedowns are in theory signed off by a lawyer. At least, there's someone named as responsible for it.
  • derleth 15y ago
    Actually, UMG could be charged; if it is convicted it would likely be fined. (Proving that any given corporate officer had the requisite intent to commit a crime (the 'mens rea') is difficult to impossible, which is one reason why corporations can be tried in criminal court.)
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