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"You can't just commit crimes on the open internet " Who said it is a crime, are you a lawyer?
by lukan 9d ago
"You can't just commit crimes on the open internet "
Who said it is a crime, are you a lawyer?
- embedding-shape 9d agoAllegedly commit potential crimes* I'm not saying yay/nay if this is a crime or not, but if you think it might be, and you create a new account on GitHub to "be anonymous", you're not taking opsec seriously enough for something you believe might be a crime. By the way, generally judges or juries would be the ones to decide if something was illegal or not, it's not the lawyers who decide this, in any country I'm familiar with.
- fennecfoxy 9d agoTbf "is it a crime" is hard for even a single lawyer to answer because it depends on: who you are, your skin colour, how rich you are, your sex, whether it's a white collar crime or not, did you commit the crime on behalf of a corpo, etc. But we like to pretend that the justice system delivers justice evenhandedly I suppose.
- supernikita 9d agoNo it does not. The law defines what a crime is. That you are bummed out about how it is applied, does not change the question, whether it is a crime. One thing is the definition of what constitutes a crime/felony/misdemeanor, another thing is the application and the punishment meted out.
- d1sxeyes 9d agoThat's not quite the case in common law countries. In countries like the UK and the US, the interpretation of the law as written is ultimately decided by the court, meaning that the definition of what constitutes a crime/felony/misdemeanor is subjective. The more courts that attempt to interpret that specific law, the more 'jurisprudence' builds up, meaning that the interpretation applied in a previous decision can certainly have an impact on a future decision.
- LastTrain 9d agoIf there are predictable patterns w/r to the implementation that is something a good lawyer would tell you, albeit in couched terms.
- wombatpm 9d agoPlease note: This is America where potential civil immigration charges can result in summary execution because poorly-trained wannabe-cop racists with guns make needless escalations. If law enforcement thinks it’s a crime, it’s a crime until the courts say otherwise.
- mitxela 9d ago99% of American law enforcement does not care about a piano disc encoder.
- jacquesmouton 8d agoI am not a lawyer, but I am pretty sure there is a crime somewhere there.