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CD Ripper 'Incites Law Breaking,' Says British Regulator
Barence writes "A British firm has been banned from advertising a CD ripping device because it 'incites law breaking.' The Brennan JB7 is 'a CD player with a hard disk that stores up to 5,000 CDs.' The adverts for the Brennan highlight the convenience of ripping your entire CD collection to the device – much like we've all been doing for years on our PCs, iPods and other MP3 players. The Advertising Standards Authority has banned the ads after concluding 'that the ad misleadingly implied it was acceptable to copy CDs, vinyl and cassettes without the permission of the copyright owner.'"
Reminds me of the animal rights activists who're currently under trial in Austria for (allegedly) breaking a law that was created to battle international terrorism.
That's probably because many animal rights activists are basically terrorists, complete with car bombs and other forms of violence aimed at intimidating anyone who might so much as date someone who works for a bank that runs the accounts of a company that wholesales concrete to another company that builds buildings that are used to raise animals that are eventually sold to researchers. In fact, they get prosecuted for terrorism offenses far less often than their actions would justify - they're not really a high priority.