US ISPs become 'copyright cops' starting July 12

[Dave Ihnat]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 01:14:39PM -0500, Steve Berg wrote:
> Wouldn't that be similar to folks wanting to shut down Smith &
> Wesson because a S&W gun was used in a crime?

Not really.  They examine open source software, claim there's a copyright
or patent infringement making it unlawful to disseminate.

A S&W gun is legal in and of itself; an analogy that would fit your
question is if someone uses a FOSS platform to crack a site's security.
The platform's not at fault, the use is.

Analogies are such slippery things.
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	Dave Ihnat
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