David H. Adler [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
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*>I think people understand that just fine. The blurring of the line
*>between making piracy illegal and making technology that one *can* use
*>for piracy illegal is where people have issues. Well, the *right*
*>people, anyway. :-)
We are on the same page then :) but I just don't see how the 'free speech'
argument will work here.
If I happened to have the diagrams of all the keys for toyotas for the
model year 2000 along with all the VINS so that people oculd make the keys
and steal those cars at will, I don't think people would be willing to
defend my hacking the system to liberate this information. Freedom fighter
liberating persecuted toyotas or criminal? If you own a 2000 toyta that
was stolen due to my actions, i'd guess you wouldn't be compelled to think
me anything but a criminal.
The technology is cool, but I think legislators are trying their best to
make things equitable in these rather rapidly changing times. There needs
to be a way to make sure that people get compensated for their work so
that they can feed their families and keep on creating and that won't come
until the discussion turns from the technology itself, to the people as
they are the real issue.
It's too bad we don't have a 'Technology Ambassador' to the US Congress
and the Supreme Court to help them navigate some of the issues.
e.
