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Originally Posted by Kar.tom69
I bought a 2nd hand iPhone6.
It had about a dozen HARDCORE videos on it of the previous owners who I know, but don't really know.
They were at a party of a mutual friend, and that is where the discussion came up how I wanted a iPhone6, and they were going to change to something else. So we exchanged numbers, I contacted them a few days later, we met up and I bought the phone. All pictures were deleted, but the "recently deleted" file was not 
SO......my ethical voice says "don't share"...I have no problem ignoring that voice.
What are the legal issues? Since I bought the phone, do I own everything on that phone??? Can I legal post them? |
You bought the phone and, absent any contract to the contrary, you own what's on it. You don't own exclusivity - if they have copies backed up on their mac or whatever, they own those, but they gave you everything on the machine when you bought it.
The joy of our legal system is that they could still bring a charge against you if they found out and bothered, but it'd be along the lines of "invasion of privacy" which is at best a state-by-state concept that is often weakly defined. They wouldn't have a great case but anyone can sue for anything, even if it gets summarily thrown out.
So, share!