On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 01:20:28PM -0500, Joseph A. Caputo wrote: > On Tuesday 08 February 2005 20:37, Ian Forde wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 19:40 -0500, wheaty wrote: > > > I think I read somewhere that the firewire port can be disabled via > > > software by the cable company? > > > > Yes, but that would be *ILLEGAL*. ;) > > No, it wouldn't be illegal. The firewire requirement isn't a law, it's > an FCC regulation. The FCC doesn't make laws; Congress does. Failure > to comply with FCC regulations is subject to fines or other punitive > action by the FCC, but is not a crime.
Illegal means against the law. It does not just mean a violation of the criminal code. There are all kinds of laws -- the most commonly being criminal, civil and regulatory and tort. I can sort of buy saying that torts are not illegal, but cable companies violating FCC regs is illegal, or if you prefer, unlawful.
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