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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [QB] "Not at the moment." Nor should it ever be. Look, I won't deny that P2P networks are about the most wretched hives of scum and villainy you can find on the internet. But that's not the issue here. Encroachment on personal liberties is. When you ban software because of a specific function (a function that, again, isn't intrinsically illegal) built into it, when you (well, not you, but the juridical arm of a government that happens to be sponsored by organizations with an interest in regulating the flow of information such that it flows THEIR way) dictate what I can and cannot run on MY computer because I MIGHT use that software for criminal activities, you open the door to gross violations of due process and privacy. THAT is what is wrong about these tries "to stop people from stealing music", NOT that people will no longer be able to get the tunes they want. I could not care less about the latter, but the former has me VERY concerned. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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