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Is it possible to create something where knowing about the thing constitutes copyright infringement?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, you could make it such that accessing it would make you break the law, but then it would still be the accessing, not consumption that breaks the law.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, with one caveat: while mere access could be potentially illegal, I don't think that it would be copyright law that would be broken.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Yes, that is what I was trying to say