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re: Robots are starting to break the law and nobody knows what to do about it
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:14 pm to Box Geauxrilla
Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:14 pm to Box Geauxrilla
"Shared responsibility"
"Who do they prosecute?" is my entire point. They (our government) are not going to be able to take action against a company operating in another country. They can't take action against the person executing the script because it's paid for with and uses bitcoins for the transactions.
Are you responsible for the contents of packages that show up to your house if no one can prove you bought it? What about if you didn't buy anything.. it was a computer program hosted on an international server that simply mailed a product to your address?
"Who do they prosecute?" is my entire point. They (our government) are not going to be able to take action against a company operating in another country. They can't take action against the person executing the script because it's paid for with and uses bitcoins for the transactions.
Are you responsible for the contents of packages that show up to your house if no one can prove you bought it? What about if you didn't buy anything.. it was a computer program hosted on an international server that simply mailed a product to your address?
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 6:15 pm
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Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:20 pm to bmy
quote:
if no one can prove you bought it?
You can say this with any crime, and it was not the original question.
I was answering this:
quote:
who would be legally responsible for purchasing the goodies?
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:06 pm to GRTiger
quote:
This
quote:
If you coded a script to buy drugs online
and this
quote:
If you've programmed something to ship things to your house from a website that has drugs for sale
are not the same.
Running your bot on dark websites narrows the gap though.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:13 pm to Box Geauxrilla
If the robot could talk he would ask.... "I bot dat?"
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:25 pm to foshizzle
quote:
Running your bot on dark websites narrows the gap though.
Definitely. And like the article said, it comes down to the wording of the law in question. I don't think it quite meets the definition of intent, but it should pose a reasonable expectation that you could end up with something you shouldn't.
It's not intentionally breaking a law (or breaking one at all in theory), but it isn't necessarily avoiding committing a crime either.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:29 pm to Jim Rockford
This really getting around. It popped up on my Westlaw feed too.
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:33 pm to Jim Rockford
He's a good bot, never did nuffin to no one
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:36 pm to Jim Rockford
Give these guys a call:
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