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Originally Posted by Toto
Having read the linked articles, it got me thinking about the defence that the wireless router may not have been secure at the time, and whether its a reasonable defence. I thought of it this way.
What if, being very stupid I didn't lock my car door, and left my keys in the ignition. The car got stolen and was used in connection with a crime. Would that make me an accessory to that crime?
No, I don't think it does. It just makes me look stupid, and voids my car insurance.
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Your analogy is slightly flawed. It would be more accurate to say that your car is stolen, crime committed and then the criminals put your car back in the same position without your knowledge that it has ever gone. Later the police trace your car and charge you as the owner of the car, which was witnessed at the scene. Your defence would be that someone cloned your plates, or you can prove you were elsewhere. Some of these people have no such defence.
To be honest, I find it very amusing that people come on saying how it's a scam, they'll fight it etc. in one breath, while in the other actually admitting to the crime and trying to argue either the evidence, or that their mate says it's legal for them to download as long as only they use it. Complete balls and how they think they can justify it by picking at technicalities, such as the letter isn't signed, or the date is a little out... If you don't remove the torrent from your client, it will continue to be seeded to others way beyond the date you think that you last shared it. Some people are asking to be caught by clearly having no understanding of the technology they are using to break the law.