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zhivaThursday, July 29th, 2010 12:23 pm
In the times of prohibition of alcohol in Soviet Union, an old man was arrested for moonshine brewing. "But I didn't brew any!" - said the old man. "But you have the distiller", - said the policeman. "Well, then arrest me for rape as well." "What? But... Did you rape anyone?" "No, but I have penis".
A British court has effectively abolished the import and sale of blank Nintendo DS cartridges. The mere possibility of piracy is sufficient to ban them, even if the media has legitimate uses such as storing freely-available third-party software. "The mere fact that the device can be used for a non-infringing purpose is not a defence," read the ruling by Justice Floyd.
via BoingBoing
A British court has effectively abolished the import and sale of blank Nintendo DS cartridges. The mere possibility of piracy is sufficient to ban them, even if the media has legitimate uses such as storing freely-available third-party software. "The mere fact that the device can be used for a non-infringing purpose is not a defence," read the ruling by Justice Floyd.
via BoingBoing