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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
It could not be applied to this because not all users of the wireless internet point can be proven to have the intention of piracy. If a group of individuals all come to blows with a person, there is demonstrable intent. They're different cases.
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There doesn't have to be an intention to commit a particular crime in order to use common endeavour; there simply has to be demonstrable lack of any action to
prevent a crime which you are aware is being committed.
In the case of a shared family computer which "someone" is using to download illegal material onto, it seems very likely that the other family members are aware of the downloading even if they are not actively participating in it (eg if they are all watching the downloaded movies). That seems like a reasonable candidate for a common endeavour prosecution to me.