Lyn,
As you said, this case is indeed precedent setting.
You may recall our discussion on the phone during the break on the Crypto Show a couple of weeks back. My concern was that Ross's plight is not too far removed from that of a landlord being held responsible for the actions of their tenants. In my view, the precedent set in his case has the potential to go far beyond the world of information technology.
People may look at this with a passive view and wonder how in the world that they could ever be affected, but the slippery slope that it's put us on may well be unrecoverable. The long slide downward toward total tyranny where all citizens become watchdogs for the interests of the state (rather than their own well being) ultimately affects everyone.
Best regards,
Robert Nathan
Of course I recall. Your observation is so astute, as this is a point in the appeal. The highest sentence for a landlord who knows and profits from tenants selling drugs is 20 years. Not nothing, but not life either. Thanks for your insights.
Is there a future, post-benevolent-Singularity where people are punished for victimless non-crimes? I think not. Perhaps we should all bet as to whether this is the case on prediction markets that then become self-fulfilling prophecies. What is the best prediction market? And: How do we get totalitarians to take the opposing bets? (Perhaps each court conviction for a victimless non-crime is automatically entered as a counter-bet, after financing by some benevolent billionaire like Peter Thiel..)
There needs to be an economic incentive placed on figuring out a way to defeat the prison industrial complex. One of the cheaper ways(technically) is to win elections, but the election-participating "pro-freedom" parties are totally rigged (most are infiltrated). This infiltration raises the expense of winning elections to astronomical heights.
Market pressure must be brought to bear on the situation.
There is no reason for Ross to be in prison.
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Very WELL said !!!! Indeed, the implications are astounding !