Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Tinman
From : Amcleod
Date : Fri Jun 09 2000 09:08 am

RE: Should EMulation....
BY: Tinman to Amcleod on Fri Jun 09 2000 01:42 pm

 >  It's kinda like targeting the gun companies for gun violence! it is the use
 > who are commiting the crimes, not the company who is proving the software.

It is the users who are carrying out illegal copyright violations.  True, they
should be the ones held liable.

However, if the service-provider is aiding and abeting them in that goal, then
they are in fact accomplices in the illegal act.  I don't want to blame a SysOp
because some users passed illegal material through his system, any more than I
want to blame a gun store for a drive-by shooting.  I do think that the SysOp
of "KiddiPr0n BBS" with file areas specific to different types of kiddi-pr0n
should be nailed to the gates of the temple.  And the gun-shop owner who
deliberately sells arms under-the-counter (or out-the-back-door) to persons who
would not otherwise be able to obtain arms legally should be nailed up too.