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Galaki on 15 January 2009
vlad321 said:
Seriously????

It seems every day that passes brings in a new retarded interpretation of the law. Next thing I know there'll be a law where I can't have my pants up while taking a piss.....

 

Yeah, luckily, we're not banned from pissing in our pants.



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vlad321 on 15 January 2009
Galaki said:
vlad321 said:
Seriously????

It seems every day that passes brings in a new retarded interpretation of the law. Next thing I know there'll be a law where I can't have my pants up while taking a piss.....

 

Yeah, luckily, we're not banned from pissing in our pants.

 

We don't know that, it could be... Public indecency and what not.



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Parokki on 15 January 2009
nordlead said:
@OP

actually, if someone sent you underage porn and you didn't want to get in trouble, all you would have to do is report them and/or delete it immediately if you didn't know the source. By doing that, you could prove to the court that you didn't want the photos and they were forced on you.


As far as I understand it, the problem here is that the law doesn't work like that. I'm going to have to consult my roommate who's obsessed with these matters (vague online laws, not CP ^^) to say for sure, but as far as the laws of many countries are concerned, clicking on a random image link (which saves a cache image on your computer) and receiving a text message count as possession. Whether you delete is immediately or not doesn't get mentioned in most laws, placing everyone who has ever been to /b/ under the mercy of angry old men who've been to law school and frown upon our shenanigans.

The root of the problem here is that the people who wrote these laws don't know the first thing about computers, but just heard "possession" and "download", and immediately assumed they were something you have to conciously decide to do. Stuff like this is why I think legislation should be taken very, very seriously. Most judges will use common sense, but sooner or later one is going to go by the book and ruin some poor fellows life.



nordlead on 15 January 2009
Parokki said:
nordlead said:
@OP

actually, if someone sent you underage porn and you didn't want to get in trouble, all you would have to do is report them and/or delete it immediately if you didn't know the source. By doing that, you could prove to the court that you didn't want the photos and they were forced on you.


As far as I understand it, the problem here is that the law doesn't work like that. I'm going to have to consult my roommate who's obsessed with these matters (vague online laws, not CP ^^) to say for sure, but as far as the laws of many countries are concerned, clicking on a random image link (which saves a cache image on your computer) and receiving a text message count as possession. Whether you delete is immediately or not doesn't get mentioned in most laws, placing everyone who has ever been to /b/ under the mercy of angry old men who've been to law school and frown upon our shenanigans.

The root of the problem here is that the people who wrote these laws don't know the first thing about computers, but just heard "possession" and "download", and immediately assumed they were something you have to conciously decide to do. Stuff like this is why I think legislation should be taken very, very seriously. Most judges will use common sense, but sooner or later one is going to go by the book and ruin some poor fellows life.

clicking a link is a little harder to defend yourself against than receiving an e-mail or phone pic, as you have no control over the latter. Yes, the law is out of date and has its problems, but most people have common sense and they really shouldn't be running into problems with this in the first place.




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MrBubbles on 15 January 2009

well...regarding the boys...they were charged for keeping the photos opposed to for receiving them. By not deleting them they showed their intent to possess those photos. So technically they are guilty of the crime they were charged with. Its likely against the spirit of the law though.



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Thatmax on 15 January 2009

It should be legal for the original person to send it to people, but if it is then sent again by the receiver then they should be to blame... though it shouldn't be a harsh punishment unless they were to post it online or something really mean.



Galaki on 15 January 2009
nordlead said:

but most people have common sense

 

That is a problem, no?



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Galaki on 15 January 2009

So, in other words.

Some kid hated your guts.
S/he is under 18.

S/he takes photo of self naked.
Printed it out and slip it under your door.

You're ****ed.



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JGarret on 15 January 2009

Fucking legislators need to be taught a lesson.



SnesTea on 15 January 2009

This thing happened to me awhile back.

My ex-girlfriend's ex sent me a picture of my her naked. It's in my e-mail somewhere so I probably should delete it. Otherwise, I would get in trouble with the law, especially since I'm 18 and this girl is 17.