Ok. Can a person such as another blogger aid and help a criminal by posting a link to a known criminal's blog lawfully, knowing that criminal is using stolen and copyrighted material?
Of course. But is that aiding and abetting a thief in a criminal act? And that answer is yes. Can a person that helps a criminal commit a crime that causes harm and injury to the owner of copyrighted material, be held liable as a third party defendant in a civil case. And that is yes also.
For example, assume the criminal that steals my stuff and posts that on a web site called Life in Southern Johnson County http://sojoco.blogspot.com/and another blogger at http://jocosob.blogspot.com/ allows and creates a link to that site, the one that links to the thief, might just be aiding and abetting a criminal in a violation of law and can be held seperately, or equally liable in a court of law for any relief/remedy awarded by a judge.
So be careful out there, fellow bloggers. Do not link to those bloggers that steal others copyrighted material. Unless you like to take the risk of going to a court of law and explaining why to some judge.
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
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