[Aramike]

I don't disagree that it was used for illegal purposes. But again - why not go after those that used the TOOL provided. Are they not the ones that violated the law?

I don't disagree with that at all.

Its entirely legal to have information that CAN be used in a crime. Its entirely lgal to make that information public.

That's not accurate.

Using your example of guns, if a gun manufacturer were to publish a list of resources where one could purchase illegal weapons, they could face conspiracy charges.

Also, making information public on where to find child-pornography is illegal.

Those are just a couple of examples.

If you don't like the gun comparison - try this one. The local alcohol sales place sells to an alcoholic. He decides to imbibe while driving, ends up getting smashed and killing someone. This case is the equivilant to putting the proprieter in jail for accessory to murder, while letting the drunk off scott free.

Again, not the same thing. Not even close.

Alcohol is a LEGAL SUBSTANCE. Pirated copyrights are ILLEGAL. There's a very clear distinction between what I'm arguing and how you're countering it.

This is a token attempt pushed by the DRM folks. Had the authorities really wanted to deal with this - why not use the trackers to find the seeders and shut them down for the actual distribution? Why not go after those downloading? Instead, they went after highly visible people with name recognition - even though BY LAW they committed no crime. It is simply an attempt to get the DRM folks off law enforcements back, by giving them a public victory. Sad that justice is perverted in doing so.

So we should let people publish lists on where to find child-porn?

By your logic, so long as they aren't actually making, distributing, or viewing it it'd be okay, right?