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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Consider, if a person is taken to court, and convicted based on the prosecutions' allegations that he possessed an "illegal file,", well, what happens when the case is appealed because the prosecution had actually used a "legal" copy of the file that the defendant possessed as evidence?
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You're assuming that the case is based on the file. What if the case isn't about possessing an illegal file? What if the case is about illegally obtaining the file? It's similar to the fact that stolen money isn't "illegal" money. The means of acquisition is what's in question.