> what if he was downloading credit cards instead? Or some sort of corporate secrets?
What if he was raping women? Or committing genocide?
> But the act here is the crime, not what he gains from it
Downloading scientific journals is not the same "act" as committing credit card fraud. It is an outrageous defect in the law that it doesn't adequately distinguish them.
What if he was raping women? Or committing genocide?
> But the act here is the crime, not what he gains from it
Downloading scientific journals is not the same "act" as committing credit card fraud. It is an outrageous defect in the law that it doesn't adequately distinguish them.