jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoAmazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-upsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
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minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months ago They claimed that the FTC never alerted them to any wrongdoing before filing the lawsuit, so how could they have known they were violating the law? “The police never informed me I was doing anything illegal before arresting me, so how could I possibly have known?” Ignorance of the law isn’t a defense against breaking it in any other sector…
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI’m sure their legions of lawyers never warned them it might be illegal
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI’m sure they did, but they felt that this was more profitable, even if they got caught.
minus-squareAPassenger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoEthical behavior is a thing for SO many reasons. One of them is it tends to keep you on the right side of the law.
“The police never informed me I was doing anything illegal before arresting me, so how could I possibly have known?”
Ignorance of the law isn’t a defense against breaking it in any other sector…
I’m sure their legions of lawyers never warned them it might be illegal
I’m sure they did, but they felt that this was more profitable, even if they got caught.
Ethical behavior is a thing for SO many reasons. One of them is it tends to keep you on the right side of the law.