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States Threaten P2P Companies

Posted by michael on from the they-do-it-for-the-children dept.

The Importance of writes "C|Net News reports that 46 state attorneys general are warning P2P companies of dire, unnamed consequences for continuing to exist, 'At present, P2P software has too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.' Read the letter here (pdf) [PDF], or the annotated text version."

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  1. Re:This makes as much sense... by OverkillTASF · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Uses for guns: Self defense, hunting, shooting sports (Guess what, guns are in the olympics!), protection from an oppressive government, crime.

    Bad guy breaks into your house with three of his friends and a baseball bat. Guess what. The gun you have that is "designed to kill" is not quite so evil then, is it? Unless of course, you think killing someone to prevent the rape of your wife and children, the beating of yourself, and the thieving of anything that those guys find interesting in your house is... evil. "Killing" is one of many uses for a gun. I've never killed anyone with any of my guns, but I've still used them. Besides, "killing" isn't ALWAYS bad, right? The problem is... criminals with guns. Not guns. It's a tool like anything else. Its uses are determined by who wields it. Just like P2P. P2P's potential for misuse may not be very great, but the value of its legal use is not that great either.