But therein lies the true problem. The burden of proof in any criminal investigation is on the State, not the individual.
IANAL, but it is my understanding that the "burden of proof" you cite is for a trial, not an investigation. If the cops/feds/whatever have *no* evidence at all, you could in theory whack them for harassment, but while you are being investigated, they need offer no proof of anything until you are charged and tried. You're right, he doesn't have to prove he wasn't involved, but they don't have to prove he was to get warrants, interrogations, etc. That's how they *find out* if he was involved!
*tries to think of anyone, in the history of the world, that has gone to the ER for being stoned*
Hmm. Nobody.
Actually, I've seen it with my own eyes once, and heard of two other examples. Of course, they were messing with the famous marijuana cookies, a potent item that isn't for the weak.
I'm a big fan of decriminalization, and I don't believe for a second that we'd see a huge spike in hospital visits, I just wanted to clear up that previous statement.
I used to love the "what's up in the scene" articles, which if I recall correctly, used to feature a lot of "l33t b0y's dad took his modem away, so he's been MIA for a while," etc.
Of course, the absolute best site for getting a nostalgia rush from the old BBS/Zine scene is textfiles.com. Just the other day, I ran a search on the handle of one of my co-workers, and lo and behold, turned up some Zine writing for an old hax0r group on textfiles.com. Good for some laughs!
When I have done design in the past, I've stuck language in the contract indicating that the client owns all the content and graphics, but I own the code, mainly so they couldn't resell my site with new content and graphics. (Note: I have no idea if that's legal or would hold up in court, but it was worth a shot in my mind.) There must be some kind of language about who owns what in the contract.
Incidentally, claiming that the code isn't theirs because it's Dreamweaver generated seems specious to me. If I generate music with a MIDI program, the music is still mine, isn't it?
While you can't type "http://slashdot.org" and check out the homepage, Slashdot is included in the selection of sites you can clip information from. A friend of mine is beta-testing Palm VII, and was reading me the Slashdot stories as I drove us down the Mass Pike last week. I, for one, was impressed!
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But therein lies the true problem. The burden of proof in any criminal investigation is on the State, not the individual.
IANAL, but it is my understanding that the "burden of proof" you cite is for a trial, not an investigation. If the cops/feds/whatever have *no* evidence at all, you could in theory whack them for harassment, but while you are being investigated, they need offer no proof of anything until you are charged and tried. You're right, he doesn't have to prove he wasn't involved, but they don't have to prove he was to get warrants, interrogations, etc. That's how they *find out* if he was involved!
*tries to think of anyone, in the history of the world, that has gone to the ER for being stoned*
Hmm. Nobody.
Actually, I've seen it with my own eyes once, and heard of two other examples. Of course, they were messing with the famous marijuana cookies, a potent item that isn't for the weak.
I'm a big fan of decriminalization, and I don't believe for a second that we'd see a huge spike in hospital visits, I just wanted to clear up that previous statement.
I used to love the "what's up in the scene" articles, which if I recall correctly, used to feature a lot of "l33t b0y's dad took his modem away, so he's been MIA for a while," etc.
Of course, the absolute best site for getting a nostalgia rush from the old BBS/Zine scene is textfiles.com. Just the other day, I ran a search on the handle of one of my co-workers, and lo and behold, turned up some Zine writing for an old hax0r group on textfiles.com. Good for some laughs!
When I have done design in the past, I've stuck language in the contract indicating that the client owns all the content and graphics, but I own the code, mainly so they couldn't resell my site with new content and graphics. (Note: I have no idea if that's legal or would hold up in court, but it was worth a shot in my mind.) There must be some kind of language about who owns what in the contract.
Incidentally, claiming that the code isn't theirs because it's Dreamweaver generated seems specious to me. If I generate music with a MIDI program, the music is still mine, isn't it?
While you can't type "http://slashdot.org" and check out the homepage, Slashdot is included in the selection of sites you can clip information from. A friend of mine is beta-testing Palm VII, and was reading me the Slashdot stories as I drove us down the Mass Pike last week. I, for one, was impressed!