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Re: Large Ontario DC busted for hosting petabytes of child abuse material


From: Mike A <mikea () mikea ath cx>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:03:02 -0600

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 05:53:33PM +0000, Naslund, Steve wrote:
Don't know who this is but the legalities are pretty clear I think. The DC
is not required to know what data is stored but if the cops can prove that
someone DID know what was stored, that person can be criminally charged.
IANAL but I have worked with LE on a similar case and that is how it was
explained to us by the FBI. It will be hard to prove anyone knew however
since anyone that knew and did not report it committed a crime. Charging the
company will be a stretch unless they can prove that at least one corporate
officer knew. Otherwise the company will fire whichever employee knew and
say "He should have told us".

This is all about who knew what and when.

True in the USA, I think; but what about Canadian law? 

Popcorn and hyperhumongous drinks time. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea () mikea ath cx
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