SpotCrime to Pay Criminals for Their Data

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Lately, there has been a lot of talk about who owns public crime data.  SpotCrime was even pursued after another company in Federal court over the issue.  There are many entities that are staking claim and proprietary ownership over crime data.

Here at SpotCrime, we believe that if ownership is to be claimed then crime data belongs to the individual who produces the crime. Credit should be given where credit is due -- and we believe the originator of the crime should be able to claim copyright over the crimes they have committed.  

SpotCrime will compensate a criminal when a crime report is created and used on our website.  SpotCrime will give a penny ($.01) for every crime report created by an individual.


To be properly compensated, please follow the directions below:
  1. Head to your local police department
  2. Report to an officer each crime you have committed.  If you think a crime can qualify as more than one crime (for example, not only did you steal the car, but when driving away you hit a pedestrian, evaded the police and threw all of your drugs out of the window in the process) make sure the officer specifies that in their report.
  3. Make sure the report has a date, time, location and short description of the crime(s) committed.
  4. Send us the police report with legal photo identification (keep in mind fake ID's are illegal and can be classified as fraud...please send your fake ID along with your real ID if you would like an extra $.01) and an address to send the money.
  5. Include the Officer name, badge number, phone number and the report number
  6. Once SpotCrime has mapped your crime(s), we will send you your compensation.
Make sure to sign up to receive SpotCrime alerts to keep tabs on crimes you've committed directly from your inbox!

It should go without saying that the above post is purely farcical.  We don't believe anyone should own crime data.

Comments

james said…
There was no armed robbery at Mike's Beer Barn in Tallahassee Florida on june 27th, 2011. That is false information.
August 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM
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