On 1 May 2012, at 16:32, "Neil J. McRae" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Whilst I personally believe that these solutions don't work as a standalone 
> option I think we also need to remember that  many if not all of the people 
> downloading stuff via TPB are actually breaking the law.

So? I believe the correct name is either the Betamax or VCR defence. Just 
because a technology CAN be used for illegal purposes doesn't mean a technology 
should inherently be banned. If that's how we pursue things then ban and block 
NNTP and the BitTorrent protocol. Where do you draw the line?

Alec

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Alec Edworthy

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