Re: Another Copyright/Permission question

"can they just sign a contract assuming all responsibility for that permission, releasing me of any wrong doing?"

That probably won't hold up in court as you know what you are doing would be illegal. It's like getting a "signed waiver" from your friend who asked you to drive you to a liquor store so he can rob it.

reference:

Complicity, also known as aiding and abetting, is the act of being an accomplice. An accomplice is someone who helps in, or in some states merely encourages, the commission of a crime. Courts sometimes refer to such a person as an aider or an abettor. This person did not commit the crime, but his or her actions helped enable someone else to do so.

Emre Tufekci
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