Alec, I think technology should be banned to prevent you putting words in my mouth! :) I have no interest in banning technology. When one discovers a stall in a market selling stolen property, I shut the stall down not the whole market.
Should we allow phishing sites to stay up and running in the name of freedom of speech. I fail to see the difference between a phishing site and the pirate bay. Neil. Sent from my iPad On 1 May 2012, at 18:31, "Alec Edworthy" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > Alec Edworthy
