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RE: [dvd-discuss] Skylarov indicted for trafficing and conspiracy.
- To: "'dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu'" <dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu>
- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Skylarov indicted for trafficing and conspiracy.
- From: Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:08:29 -0700
- Reply-To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy A Erwin [mailto:jerwin@gmu.edu]
...
>
> On Wednesday, August 29, 2001, at 12:39 PM, Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org
> wrote:
>
> > Associating to perform a criminal activity is a conspiracy
> (even if an
> > associate is does not perform a criminal activity themselves.). The
> > beauty
> > of a conspiracy charge is that it allows them to add
> unnamed persons and
> > they can invalidate the defense that He's just an employee doing
> > programming and a student- He contributed to this henious
> criminal act.
>
> Erm. right. Does contributing to a mailing list (vlc-devel, for
> instance) count as conspiracy?
>
Yes. If "discussion of circumvention of federal law" ever becomes
a crime in it's own right, we're all conspiritors.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!