2012-04-24, 09:43 AM
VerrKol Wrote:The defendants, or at least some of them, created the methods which allowed duping. How can they not be held responsible for the abilities which they clearly intended? To borrow your metaphor, this isn't a kitchen knife that can be used for something mundane like cooking, it is a AK-47 designed to kill. In theory, it could be used as a physics experiment for purely academic research that harms no one, but that isn't what it's purpose is. The bypasses, injectors, etc. where intended for and successful in allowing hacking activities which cost Nexon revenue. The defendants are legally responsible for the easily foreseen and intended consequences of their actions. Sure, Nexon probably inflated the amount lost to the maximum they can get away with, but that hardly means they didn't lose significant revenue. Since there isn't even a specified amount in the documents (that I recall), I don't see how it can automatically be outrageously high anyway.
The sellers and makers of AK-47 aren't guilty of any crime when someone kills with their gun. The killer is.
If I opened a McDonald's right next to a Burger King I clearly intended to take away some of their revenue. That's not illegal either.
Last I checked, selling The Anarchist Cookbook which teaches people how to make explosives isn't illegal either.