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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1409088" data-attributes="member: 115">You're right, it's not the crime, and US courts have agreed with you. And to reply to SSquirrel, you're right... it's not the instrument, but the person that commits a crime.   However, guns are highly regulated (in the US).  A large number of shootings are made with guns are illegally acquired - stolen from relatives, burglaries, and what have you.  The amount of irresponsibility with guns (here in the US) that still exists despite numerous gun control laws just says to me they need to be regulated even further. Now contrast that to peer-to-peer.  PtP has no regulation what-so-ever.  While PtP can be used for good, a large part of it is used irresponsibly.  We have gun control laws to prevent irresponsible behavior.  For example, owners need to lock up their guns around children, need to undergo background checks, and need to be registered.  Where are the laws that punish irresponsibility for the PtP networks?   I would agree with you about PtP writers not being responsible if they took action against piracy - just like many NRA members take strong stances in favor of gun control, because guns can and are used irresponsibly, often.  It's the same with most Army people I know - they make darn sure that people use guns responsibly.  However, the fact of the matter is that the creators of these PtP networks helped create a problem, and instead of doing the responsible thing and speaking out against piracy and helping to enforce it, they seem to think it's not their problem.  Which is terribly irresponsible.</blockquote>

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