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1. port3000 · 1790248514 · focus · HN ↗

   If a bull escapes a field and causes damage in the village, the farmer pays for the damages and is liable. It's been like that for hundreds of years and I don't see how this is any different?

   1. z3c0 · 1790248769 · focus · HN ↗

      Decades worth of hackers missed the opportunity to say "It wasn't me -- my computer did it."

      1. tokai · 1790262556 · focus · HN ↗

         Gottfrid Svartholm tried that defense but he still ended up spending three years in prison.

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