[tux1968]

But you have no control of the content provided by the party to which you link. Nobody can get the illegal content from you. They can only get it from the party you reference.

Recently some people in my home town started putting up flyers about known drug dealers and their addresses. Trying to bring attention to the problem and mobilize the neighbourhood. But these concerned citizens were effectively linking to known drug distribution locations. Were they guilty of drug distribution because somebody might use that information to buy illegal drugs?

Would it make a difference if they felt those dealers were a positive influence in the community and put up positive flyers with the addresses instead?

[djb_hackernews]

If you apply current legal precedents IRT torrents, then yes, they are guilt of drug distribution.

I think maybe you misunderstood my line of questioning, you proved my point exactly.

[tux1968]

Not sure I proved your point unless it was that current legal precedents are ridiculous. It's ludicrous to think that posting someones street address would make you guilty of anything going on inside that house. Otherwise the publisher of the phone book is in a whole heap of trouble.