On 03/12/15 07:24, Chris in Makati wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:57:44 +0000 (UTC), Juha Nieminen > <nospam@thanks.invalid> wrote: > >> In comp.lang.c++ Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote: >>> You download things FROM a computer, you upload them TO a computer. >> >> It's a matter of perspective. If a hacker breaks into your computer and >> starts a download from somewhere else into your computer, isn't the hacker >> "downloading" things to your computer? > > Does it matter? As far as the law is concerned, it is possession of > child porn that's illegal. How it got there is irrelevant. >
You are posting to a wide range of international newsgroups (with this thread being way off-topic for all of them...). It makes no sense to talk about "the law", because this is not something covered by /international/ law. What counts as "child porn", what counts as "possession", how relevant intention, knowledge, etc., is, varies enormously from country to country. Even if the OP is telling the truth (and if Skybuck said that grass is green, I'd recommend going outside to check), and he gets caught with this stuff on his machine, punishments can vary from "it's fine as long as you don't distribute it" to "25 years for each picture, to be served consecutively". -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
