1997-06-12 - Re: [CNN] Stolen Laptops and lame ‘solution’

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Message Hash: 05ba8c0a583a330c2ca17dd50317e2da14eb72a41a46434ef7c24f18d9e17540
Message ID: <19970611223934.43941@bywater.songbird.com>
Reply To: <199706120120.SAA05683@mat.wcs.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-06-12 05:46:41 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:46:41 +0800

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 13:46:41 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: [CNN] Stolen Laptops and lame 'solution'
In-Reply-To: <199706120120.SAA05683@mat.wcs.net>
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On Wed, Jun 11, 1997 at 09:37:42PM -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
[...]
>The end buyer should not be held responcible for the illegal activities of
>the seller.

Regardless of responsibility, if the original owner can prove it is
stolen goods, the end buyer is out of luck -- clearly the original
owner should get their goods back.  And if the end buyer provably has
clear knowledge that it is stolen property, they are an accesssory to
the crime. 

-- 
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kent@songbird.com			the thief he kindly spoke...
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