<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Jeff Walther <<a href="mailto:trag@io.com">trag@io.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">><br>> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:36 -0500<br>> From: Will <<a href="mailto:will@st0rage.org">will@st0rage.org</a>><br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">><br>> That was my point; both functions have an illegal and legal purpose<br>> depending on how you use it.<br>><br>> If you have one, why be afraid of the other?<br>><br></div>As was stated earlier, logic does not enter into it.<br>
<br>Bit torrent has a much higher emotional index for those who want to own<br>all content all the time.<br><br>The second thing to realize is that anyone with a few idle attack lawyers<br>could shut down MythTV any time they decide to.<br>
<br>The sad truth about our legal system is that you don't have to be right or<br>even have a decent legal case. If you can afford lawyers and file paper<br>work on a bogus case and the other side cannot afford lawyers to defend it<br>
and file paper work in response, then you win, even if your case was<br>totally groundless.<br><br>Even a simple open and shut case (summary judgement, because the plantiffs<br>legal theory is seriously flawed) can still cost the defendant several<br>
thousand dollars, not to mention heart-burn, anxiety, loss of sleep,<br>anger, depression, lost wages, and damage to their cardiovascular system.<br><br>So, it's not right and it's not just, but it's better to just avoid any<br>
public activity that will get you noticed by the forces of evil. (And it<br>says some truly damning things about our society and our pride in our<br>"freedom of speech".)</blockquote>
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<div>CoreAVC is a great example. DMCA take down notice and *BAM*, their off the net.</div>
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<div>Kevin</div></div></div>