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The Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that this was 'willful blindness'. The court did, however, aid Madster kiey defense argument by comparing file sharing to personal home video recording. Before it was shut down, Madster had offered its users the ability to encrypt files traded over America Online's AOL Instant Messenger client. As a result, its operators had argued that they had no obligation to seek to block illegal files swapped on the network because they were unaware of specific copyright violations. The panel of judges stated that 'One who, knowingly or strongly suspecting that he is involved in shady dealings, takes steps to ensure that he does not acquire full or exact knowledge of the nature and extent of those dealings, is held to have criminal intent,'. Masking the illegal files is somewhat similar to concealing a weapon or masking ones face during the commision of a crime. That person is still commiting a crime, but they are trying to hide it. Hiding it makes it no more legal. Stick an obvious tag on this one. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          Add your comment
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