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Originally Posted by crazychef
no its more like they dont care if you use their house to sell the crack out of..
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wow bad analogies all around. Talking about regedits is
not illegal. PPCGeeks isn't taking a moral position on whether or not talking about it is wrong or right. They are only taking a legal position regarding the DMCA so they aren't liable for future lawsuits. All this talk of whether PPCGeeks cares about whether or not this should be on their website is irrelevant if its
not illegal to talk about and PPCGeeks doesn't care if it happens. Prohibiting warez is a decision made from a legal standpoint, not an ethical one on PPCGeeks behalf.
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Originally Posted by crazychef
ah but having a black box would be... how is wmwifi router not a "black box" to our ICS connection.. you could be paying for cable, yet only usuing the black box to obtain the premium services you should have to pay for.. were paying for data, but usuing something else to get the full feature
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i never argued the legality of tethering, but distribution of schematics of how to create black boxes is not illegal. Distributing software to enable so called "black-box" behavior is not illegal unless it
circumvents copyright protections. And even then it is questionable as to how rigidly that is applied and enforceable as shown in the AACS key controversy. Using it to steal otherwise paid for services however is a different story. And owning a blackbox isn't called "warez", hardware and software are covered under very different laws.