I understand that the two life sentences are way way too much, but as you said he provided a platform for drug traficking. They exaggerated the charges to the moon to scare other people off, which is of course for him personally super unfair. Still, I find him guilty in many aspects.
Is the owner of a page that shows child porn not guilty at all, because it is not his personal content? Because he only makes money with the platform?
He provided a platform.
Ross Ulbricht is condemned to die in prison for creating an anonymous e-commerce website called Silk Road. An entrepreneur passionate about free markets and privacy, he was 26 when he made the site. He was never prosecuted for causing harm or bodily injury and no victim was named at trial.
Users of Silk Road chose to exchange a variety of goods, both legal and illegal, including drugs (most commonly small amounts of cannabis1). >>>>>>>Prohibited was anything involuntary that could harm a third party.<<<<<<<
Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site.
Principle number 1 is that you should not harm others. That answers your question.
It does not. It depends on how you define harm. He ran a website facilitating for other people to harm themselves and at the same time ran an illegal business with servers located in Iceland, not paying taxes. He’s not an angel that’s what I am saying. Age 26 does not matter, a serial killer is a serial killer at 19 years of age or 99 years age. That being said, I am extremely happy for him and his family, especially that he’s free now and I am super excited what he’s up to 💜
Have you read the court ruling? Essentially, the state was concerned with money laundering. That's all the state wants from you.
Keep your mouth shut. Give me the money.
They wanted to set an example here.
Don't mess with us when it comes to our money.
Liberty✊
That’s why I am happy that he’s free. Still, he was guilty, although court heavily exaggerated with the ruling and his charges.
Does this hypothetical CP hoster pay users to create the child porn that the CP hoster profits off of?
