28.06.2012 - 05:54 [ techdirt ]

Just Because A Banana Can Be Used To Rob A Bank, It Doesn‘t Mean We Ban Bananas

We recently wrote about the RIAA‘s new war against software that can be used to record or download YouTube videos. As we noted, such software has substantial non-infringing uses, but the RIAA wants to ban it anyway. Michael Weinberg has a great response, in pointing out that just because something can be used illegally, it doesn‘t mean we ban it: