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  • Is Peter Townshend Really a Criminal?

    01/13/2003 11:00:09 AM PST · by WL-law · 98 replies · 2,111+ views
    self | 1-13-03 | WL-law
    Before we embrace the news coverage of Peter Townshend's "bust", I'd like to pose a few questions that trouble me here:1) Aren't crimes in this area of law typically defined as requiring and/or involving "distribution" and "creation" as the core elements? 2) Townsend PURCHASED via a credit card -- he didn't sell or otherwise distribute. He wasn't in any chain of distribution or any "stream of commerce". 3)Yes he was an 'end-user' (pardon the pun), but is that, or should that be, the proper focus of the authorities? Yes, I know that purchases "fund" the criminal enterprise, but remember --...