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____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 18:17 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>> OiNK Admin: Not Guilty
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| We were just explaining why it appeared that
>>| Alan Ellis, the admin for OiNK had not
>>| actually violated any UK laws, and it looks
>>| like the jury agreed. Ellis has been found not
>>| guilty. I have to admit that I'm really
>>| surprised by this, but it is certainly a good
>>| thing.
>> `----
>>
>> http://techdirt.com/articles/20100115/1051307772.shtml
>>
>> Music file-sharer 'Oink' cleared of fraud
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| A man who ran a music-sharing website with
>>| almost 200,000 members has been found not
>>| guilty of conspiracy to defraud at Teesside
>>| Crown Court.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8461879.stm
>>
>
> This is the correct and proper outcome here. If individuals are
> committing illegal acts, then they should be dealt with, but providing a
> site consisting essentially of pointers is not, and should never be seen
> as, being illegal.
>
> If we head down the route of considering the admins of databases of
> pointers responsible for the actions of their users, then how long will
> it be before SIP server admins find themselves in court accused of
> helping criminals set up crimes by enabling their phone calls?
>
> It just doesn't make any sense at all.
He did not encourage copyright infringement either. It's just arbitrary
data objects.
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