Steven Fischer wrote on 05/14/09 08:50:

> I don't like the fact that I'm not allowed to drive my car at 90 mph
> through residential area.  That doesn't make the law governing use of
> an automobile of no effect with regards to me, or make me immune from
> the consequences the follow violation of the law.


That's again the distinction between possession and use.
Nobody says "you can't drive in a residential area because your car is capable
of driving that fast and you _may_ decide to drive 90 mph."
If you actually _use_ your car at 90 mph in a residential area, you face
consequences, just as a student actually _using_ p2p software on a network that
doesn't allow it faces consequences.
Mere possession of p2p software doesn't mean it is used on that particular 
network.

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