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		myrmidon 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh inves... > I don't know about that. Would "I didn't know it was real" really count as a legal defense? Absolutely-- prosecution would presumably need to at least show that you could have known the material was "genuine". This could be a huge legal boon for prosecuted "direct customers" and co-perpetrators that can only be linked via shared material.

guerrilla 28 days ago [–]

I'm really not convinced. This sounds very idealistic to me. The "justice" system is way more brutal in real life.

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