[anka]

i'm guessing you meant to say 'should we make BIC lighters illegal'
but therein lies the problem.
the argument shouldn't lie against the tool that could _potentially_ be used to commit a crime, but against the crime itself.
following the copyright holders' logic, guns/lighters/axes/software should be outlawed based _soley_ on their potential to be used in a crime.
you see the problem?

[babygene]

"you see the problem?"

Of course I see the problem. A person can make illegal use of almost anything (including BIC lighters)you would find in your home.

I bought a pair of bolt cutters a few weeks ago. Not to break into my neighbors shed, but to cut the padlock off my outside fusebox, that the key had been misplaced years ago.

Banning things that MIGHT be used in an illegal fashon is stupid.

Until fairly reciently, I would have thought that perhaps no one would need a hipodermic needle. That is, until I bought a refill kit for my inkjet...

[Wingy]

As my original post never stated that the SOFTWARE should be illegal, I wonder why you would think that I believe guns should be illegal? If you commit a crime with a gun or Bic lighter or bolt cutters, you have commited a crime. I would have no problem with you being judged in a court of law. But to own a gun, Bic lighter, or software for fair use, I said that would be "no harm, no foul".

Now I know that the article was about this software firm and it's troubles, but I thought I was clear that the crime would be in the USE of whatever object you buy, not the actions of this software firm.