[tor-relays] case law on for exit nodes

Mike Perry mikeperry at torproject.org
Tue May 22 22:47:42 UTC 2012


Thus spake Daniel Case (danielcase10 at gmail.com):

> On 22 May 2012 22:12, Rejo Zenger <rejo at zenger.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Who knows about cases where the owner of Tor exit node was prosecuted or
> > taken to court for information that was up- or downloaded using his/her Tor
> > node? Basically, I'm looking for case law on running Tor exit-nodes.
> 
> >From the Legal FAQ:
> 
> *Has anyone ever been sued or prosecuted for running Tor?*
> 
> *No*, we aren’t aware of anyone being sued or prosecuted in the United
> States for running a Tor relay. Further, we believe that running a Tor
> relay — including an exit relay that allows people to anonymously send and
> receive traffic — is lawful under U.S. law.

AFAIK, this is still true in the US. However, I'm pretty sure I've seen
at least 3 court cases in the EU on this list (though too busy to dig
them up right now). There have also been several equipment seizures in
the EU that never escalated to a court case...



-- 
Mike Perry
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