Fluffeh writes:
"Following up on our earlier story, the Justice Department has filed in the Supreme Court supporting Broadcasters in their case against Aereo the company that rents a small antenna for each customer, lets them record free to air TV, the streams it back to them anywhere.
The Justice Department argues that by doing so, they are allowing their customers to 'gain access to copyrighted content in the first instance, the same service that cable companies have traditionally provided.' but do so without paying broadcasters a license fee to do so. Aereo has argued that it isn't violating federal copyright laws and isn't threatening the future of the broadcast industry. Company executives have argued in public and in court filings that the service appeals to cord cutters and will help broadcasters keep those viewers."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 05 2014, @04:16PM
Not ever? That would need lawmakers who essentially can foresee all possible cases, even those involving possibilities which are not there at the time of lawmaking.
For an easy example, consider a future world where relativistic speeds can be easily achieved. Now consider a thief who escapes with his highly relativistic ship. When he returns, on the earth more time has passed than the limitation period for theft. But for the thief himself, thanks to time dilatation, much less time has passed, especially less than the limitation period.
Now the legal question: Has the theft become time-barred or not?
I'm pretty sure that in that case the law would have to be amended to specify which time is relevant for the limitation period.
(Score: 1) by evilviper on Friday March 07 2014, @02:45PM
As I said in the first place: "what you're trying to enshrine in law just doesn't belong there. Notice that the internet didn't change MURDER laws one damn bit."
The statute of limitations only applies to the time the government can wait to file a criminal case. If it can proceed without the accused, then he'll be sentenced in abstentia, and when he returns, will be sent directly to jail to begin serving his sentence. If it can't proceed, then he will just be indicted, and the trial will be recessed until the accused returns to face the charges.
Hydrogen cyanide is a delicious and necessary part of the human diet.