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To: Nice50BMG

Unsurprising, to say the least.

Unfortunately, it's not the fault of the P2P developers that people are misusing their product. It's the people sharing the copyrighted material themselves, and punishing the software makers for the misuse of its product is both wrong and stupid. After all, have Linux developers been sued because their OS runs an inordinate number of hackboxes and FTP topsites?

This is the full reason copyright violations are so hard to crack down on...


2 posted on 01/19/2005 3:53:26 PM PST by K1avg (Dino for Senate '06!)
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To: K1avg

I wonder... if someone uses Microsoft's Internet Explorer to download child pornography, will Bill Gates go to jail for the criminal use of his product? I mean, he had to know people could download kiddie porn!


5 posted on 01/19/2005 3:56:00 PM PST by Nice50BMG (Bush won the Cold War against the 1960's hippies.)
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To: K1avg

P2P networks are built for the purpose of distributing copyrighted works. I can agree that developers shouldn't be prosecuted for writing the software...but c'mon.


13 posted on 01/19/2005 4:06:56 PM PST by Doohickey ("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
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