Software maker faces jail because his product was illegally used
Robert Stuart legally sold gambling software to overseas online casinos but the program was used by others in N.Y.
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/03/software_maker_faces_jail_because_his_product_was_illegally_used/
This is one of the ‘lesser’ impacts of our police state. People get charged with ‘crimes’ because our government wants to use them and they refuse. Of course there is the tiny chance that the courts will throw this out, but more likely it will go to some moronic jury somewhere and even if overturned on appeal the state will have achieved its ends because anyone else observing the fracas will be vastly less likely to stand up for their rights (well, the rights they used to have) in the future because they will want to avoid the cost of the litigation, not to mention the risk of jail time.
Several of the comments were quite amusing, JT had this to add:
So if a kidnapper writes up a ransom note with Microsoft Word, will Microsoft face criminal charges? Maybe Bill Gates resigned just in time. If a drug dealer does his fianances in Quicken, will someone from Intuit have to go to jail? Heck, I just read a story about child pornographers being arrested, why haven’t we gone after the camera makers who’s hardware and software made it possible?
In a rational legal system judges would throw this sort of crap right out the door, but rationality left our legal system 20-30 years ago (and our government 30-40 years ago).
The ‘fun’ is only beginning!
