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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really see no issue with holding the legal owner of a computer responsible for its use. It's no different to fining the legal owner of a car if it's caught speeding by a speed camera: if you were not driving the car at the time, it's up to you to prove the fact. If you own something, you are responsible for its use.
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The major issue with using IP addresses to show a crime has been committed is that people steal your IP address or your internet access. Not everyone is tech savvy.
Not just to steal music or books but to do other illegal things as well. Who would want
this to become prevalent?
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At about 7 a.m. March 7, federal agents battered open the back door of a Buffalo businessman's home, where they seized his computer after allegedly pulling him down a flight of stairs.
They told him he was in a lot of trouble, accusing him of downloading child pornography, although they didn't arrest him.
The federal agents pointed automatic weapons, scaring the businessman and his wife.
Three days later, agents returned the computer to the man. Law enforcement officials now realize he never sent or downloaded any images of child porn.
Someone else, it turned out, repeatedly used the businessman's wireless Internet service -- commonly known as Wi-Fi -- downloading child porn onto a different computer from an apartment close to the businessman's West Side residence.
A Buffalo man -- John E. Luchetti, a 25-year-old neighbor of the businessman -- was arrested in the case Wednesday.
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