Back in the day, I used to be on a fair number of militia-type mailing lists, including a bunch of catalogs hawking what any sane person would recognize as items potentially dangerous to the public welfare. Here's a sampling of some titles:
Submachinegun Designer's Handbook
Home-Built Claymore Mines
Breath of the Dragon: Flamethrowers
Successful Armed Robbery
And this is just for starters. The reason these manuals could be sold through the mail was that the catalogs always stated that they were "for educational use only". If you actually went and did something illegal with the knowledge you gained, the company wasn't legally liable. Has anyone considered using a similar disclaimer on any page offering or linking to the DeCSS code? It's worth a shot, and there's got to be some legal precedent on the issue.
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Submachinegun Designer's Handbook
Home-Built Claymore Mines
Breath of the Dragon: Flamethrowers
Successful Armed Robbery
And this is just for starters. The reason these manuals could be sold through the mail was that the catalogs always stated that they were "for educational use only". If you actually went and did something illegal with the knowledge you gained, the company wasn't legally liable. Has anyone considered using a similar disclaimer on any page offering or linking to the DeCSS code? It's worth a shot, and there's got to be some legal precedent on the issue.