Again, it's not so much that the freenet node is illegal itself. Just that transmitting illegal material is against the law. Yes they still have to prove their case. Which means proving that the transfer took place.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:45 PM To: Findley, Matthew Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [freenet-support] Showdown at the Freenode Coral On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 02:58:10PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Must not yell..... must not yell..... > Running freenet <B><U><I>is not</B></U></I> illegal. Transmitting illegal materials > is illegal. So running a freenet node is in fact illegal if any illegal material is transmitted through your node, but the prosecution must establish that this took place. Is this your argument? > And isn't this exactly what you wanted? > A system that allows people to engage in prohibited activity with out fear of > getting in trouble? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:50 PM > To: Findley, Matthew > Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Re: [freenet-support] Showdown at the > Freenode Coral > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:34:09AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have no real agenda against freenet. I'm simply trying to tell you that your > > reading of the law is wrong. > > I'm not trying to scare people away from freenet. Because it's still perfectly > > safe to use. This situation can only occur if the feds are in a position to > > monitor all your personal incoming and out going traffic, and have the power to > > crack all 200 of your node to node communication encryption keys. Which, assuming > > they are high quality keys, is an imposable task even if you had access to the > > most powerful supercomputers on earth. > > So it's illegal to run freenet but impossible to prove that it's illegal > for an individual node op to run freenet?! > > > > I'm not bored or trolling. I'm just trying to enlightening you to the fact that > > the law maybe blind, but it's not stupid. > > What's so hard to follow about my arguments? > > All I'm saying is that transmitting illegal material is (as crazy as this may > > sound) illegal, and the fact that you may not know with 100% certainty that your > > transmitting something illegal won't protect you. > -- > Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. _______________________________________________ chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.general
