On 6/4/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
How can you possibly have knowledge of infringing activity when you don't know that the material is infringing? The former is necessarily a precondition of the latter. I can easily admit that many of the terms are poorly defined, but in poorly defined laws the benefit of the doubt should go to the defendant.
When I trespass on someone else's property, I may not know who it belongs to or that I am trespassing - but it doesn't change the fact that I am aware of my activity in walking on to that land. Knowledge of the infringing activity does not imply knowledge that the activity constitutes infringement; I believe the legal doctrine concerned is known as [[strict liability]].
Johnleemk