▲ 1818 ▼ Laws only matter if you're not rich. (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com) submitted 2 years ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) To be fair, he broke and entered a networking closet as well. But I guess that is a separate issue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago The university AND jstor were pretty quick to get as uninvolved from that mess as quick as possible, so it really doesn't matter.... But what you're saying has nothing to do with the case and is also not true. "Broke and entered" implies forced physical access into a clearly forbidden area. The network closet was a room that was left unlocked and was frequently used by janitorial staff to put junk in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Thordros@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago Walking through an open door in a place you're authorized to access is going to be a hard sell on a B&E conviction, but okay. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Xanza@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) IIRC (could be wrong) the closet was unlocked. So can we really call that "breaking and entering?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago Not legally, no permalink fedilink source parent [–] laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago broke what permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago The university AND jstor were pretty quick to get as uninvolved from that mess as quick as possible, so it really doesn't matter.... But what you're saying has nothing to do with the case and is also not true. "Broke and entered" implies forced physical access into a clearly forbidden area. The network closet was a room that was left unlocked and was frequently used by janitorial staff to put junk in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago Walking through an open door in a place you're authorized to access is going to be a hard sell on a B&E conviction, but okay. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) IIRC (could be wrong) the closet was unlocked. So can we really call that "breaking and entering?" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iloveDigit@piefed.social 1 point 8 months ago Not legally, no permalink fedilink source parent
