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Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run By Law Enforcement "Entrap Hundreds" * TorrentFreak
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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2024
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Isn’t that illegal? Can’t someone argue that it looked legit and otherwise they definitely wouldn’t have paid for it?
Like undercover police can’t go around asking people if they want to buy some illegal drugs
At least under US law, you could argue that, but the judge would shut you down. Police can absolutely go around offering you drugs and arrest you if you accept, because they're not convincing or coercing you into doing it, you're doing it of your own free will.
Italy seems to agree with your argument a bit more, so we'll see how this pans out.
John DeLorean had a very high profile cocaine trafficking case where he successfully defended himself at trial due to entrapment as the FBI created the situation where DeLorean committed a crime
It sounds like they're trying to demonstrate a need for a new law.