Hollywood's new lesson for campus file swappers

Bad Juju and a Bad Precedent: "Universities have an incentive to cooperate with the technological solutions because they can be held liable in lawsuits charging their students with digital theft."

So can we hold a state liable because drug traffickers use the freeways and highway systems for transporting illegal narcotics?

Can we hold the phone company liable because assassins plot murder on the telephone?

Can we hold satellite phone companies liable because terrorists use the phones to coordinate attacks?

May be we can hold backpack companies liable because suicide bombers use those products to conceal explosives!

At some point we have to separate the tools from the criminals and punish the criminals, not those we perceive as "neglegent".; Posted by: bluezoo7@... Posted on: 04/21/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Blows to be a student... DarbyOhara | 04/19/04

This a great thing voska | 04/19/04

True, but... PapaG | 04/19/04

This is the old RIAA/MPAA? cybershoplifter | 04/19/04

Encryption Benny4022 | 04/19/04

Probably been done. doe_z | 04/19/04

Valenti is an army of one AbsolutelyNot | 04/19/04

Bad Juju and a Bad Precedent bluezoo7@... | 04/21/04

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