On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Son of Zev wrote:

> At this stage I am unaware of any precedent to this kind of claim. The claim 
> against mp3/p2p software was an issue of music copyright and the illegal 
> distribution of it - however no one ever sued anyone for making a recordable 
> tape deck or video player.

Hmmm.  While it isn't exactly a lawsuit, isn't this exactly what SCMS is
all about?  Banning hardware that is even *capable* of being used for
digital IP infringement.

Cheers!


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