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Message: [QUOTE="Jason Simmons, post: 2761303, member: 8275"] Yes, I can read the criminal code as well. In fact I do it daily. So who is the 'demand' of? The videographer has offered the video for sale to news outlets. What demand has he made of any person or organisation? He/she has made an offer to sell an item in exchange for money. Seeing how this seems to have become a legal argument, there is no definition of 'demand' in the Criminal Code so we have to refer to the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word in this case and the most usually referred to dictionary is the Oxford English dictionary which defines 'demand' as a noun meaning 'an insistent and peremptory request'. According to the facts as they are known to me via the various publication, the offer to sell this video has not been accompanied by a request for anything other than exchange of money. However, and this is the important bit for it to be extortion in section (1) (b) the demand must be accompanied with a threat to cause a detriment. The perfect example of extortion in this instance would be if the videographer had a made a demand to the player or the Broncos for $70k OR he/she would post the video online. That is extortion. Simply offering for sale something you have obtained, even if the obtaining of it is illegal, isn't extortion even though it might affect someone detrimentally. It is however fraud. Check Section 40C if you don't believe me... [/QUOTE]

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