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estearumyesterday at 7:09 PM1 replyview on HN

It is unambiguously illegal to pay for goods you know to be stolen. In all 50 states and federally.

Most courts would assume someone who purchased a private diary of a living person would know that it was stolen.


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BryantDyesterday at 10:21 PM

"particularly if you don't have knowledge of how the document was acquired."

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