To think that "well she's only 13" is not an excuse for child to not understanding basic legal issues?

[MrsExpo]

Prepared to be flamed for this, but as a none parent I'm struggling to understand why an intelligent, well educated 13 year old would not be able to understand a couple of basics about what is, and is not, legal. To give some background ...

Issue 1 ... this girl owns a horse and has recently discovered a broken fence off a nearby bridle path, which allows access to a private farm area with nice grass tracks, perfect for riding on. This is private property, not public right of way, and the owners do not take kindly to people trespassing on it. They own their own horses and keep the area for their own use. Fair enough. But she can't understand the basic premise of trespassing, and private property being private, and thus that her going there is not great and could get her into some significant bother.......

Issue 2 ... (perhaps a bit more complex) ... she regularly copies and shares copyright images from different web sites on her FB and Twitter feeds, even if they have the photographer's copyright plastered all over them. She cannot understand that pictures actually belong to someone in the same way as other property, and she should therefore not steal them for her own use, even if they are on a web site somewhere, and are thus accessible.

I think she's old enough and bright enough to understand right from wrong in these situations. As I said, not a mother of teenage girls myself, so I might be way off beam here. AIBU?

[worridmum]

Right to roam does not give you free regin to walk travel / ride bikes where ever you want (espically fucking mountain bikes the damage they cause to peoples land is massive).

We had a forseted hill side properoty at one point and suffered from blasted mountain bikers using is (causing massive damage to the path and trees and our property in general)

Then one of the scum bags (one of the most presesient offenders ) serously injured himself on our land and tried to sue us, thankfully the court dismissed his claim and was forced to repair all the bloody damage he had caused over the year.

[elkegel]

What lizzyj said.

This is a very odd thread.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Right to roam does not give you free regin to walk travel / ride bikes where ever you want

Actually, it pretty much does (as long as you aren't causing damage)

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