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Swedish Man Fined For Posting Links To Online Video Feeds
hcs_$reboot writes with a snippet from TechDirt (citing TorrentFreak): "Over in Sweden, it appears that a guy has been fined for linking to an online broadcast of a hockey game. We've heard stories of people getting in trouble merely for linking to unauthorized content, but this story is even more ridiculous. The guy wasn't linking to unauthorized content. He was linking to an online video feed from the official broadcaster, Canal Plus. The issue was that Canal Plus was apparently technically incompetent in how they set up the feeds, and never intended to make the feeds public."
That's kind of stupid. What is the difference then between "invitation of theft" which you say is a crime, and "invitation of rape" if a young girl wears provocative clothing while drunk in a bar?
This is exactly why sexual crime law is so messed up. Dressing provocatively is encouraging the crime and should be illegal.
Leaving your car running and unattended does not justify someone stealing it, and any legislation to that effect is seriously fucked up.
That's not how it works. You get penalized for leaving your car running and wasting social resources when the police find it for you (or just don't, if they have a spine). Similarly, if the criminal is caught, he's also given the appropriate punishment.
Just because stealing is wrong doesn't mean that facilitating theft through your own incompetence isn't.
This begs a second question...was the party who brought suit merely someone who had license to broadcast, or the rights holder for the broadcast?
Begging the question: An argument begs the question if and only iff one of the premises of the argument covertly assumes the truth of the conclusion – that is, the argument is circular.
Yeah, and if you don't have a sign on your front door which says, "You can't come in unless I invite you" then any Tom, Dick and Harry is free to come in and take what they like.
Are you nuts?
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