And we are under no obligation to make stupid assumptions.
As Jim said, while it is theoretically possible to haunt alt.binarys.* without violating copyrights, it is bloody unlikely. Furthermore Lincoln has pretty directly admitted that he does violate copyrights, and knows that he violates copyrights, the only point that he's trying to argue is whether his repeated violation of copyrights is intentional or not.
Cheers,
Ben