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Oh, how amusing this is. As pointed out here, it is akin McDonalds being forced to put a warning on its coffee cups, telling litigation happy morons that coffee is actually, you know, HOT. Ok, perhaps it is not quite that bad. However, the state attorneys are putting the responsibility on the wrong people. It would seem to me that the entertainment industry would be the people who should educate consumers, though I don't think they need to be educated at all. First of all, when did ignorance of the law become a valid defence? Exactly, never. Number The Second, let us look for a moment at the act of file sharing. Say I want a copy of the latest and greatest PC game out there, Doom3. Sure, I could walk on down to the local computer store and buy it, but I could also just download it for free. Now, how many of you think that even though the software people charge CDN$60 for the game, they would make it free to download online? If you put your hand up, you're a moron. If you're a moron, a word of warning: Coffee IS hot, and downloading commercial software and media is illegal. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          Add your comment
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