On 5/4/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote: [snip]
And the last I checked, child porn wasn't being printed in everything from Wired to the New York Times.
Even ignoring all other factors, the penalties for willful violation probably aren't great enough to stop them. Even without factoring in the (im)probability that they'd get nailed for it, it's probably cheap enough to do it.. just another cost of doing business.
And yes, we -can- cover the topic without using the number, in the same way we -could- cover the speed of light without putting what it is. But either one would be incomplete.
There is *tons* of useful things you can not do without an accurate figure of the speed of light. Tons of things you can't understand without at least a good approximate figure for the speed of light.
There is one thing you can't do without the exact AACS key, and that one thing is not legal in the US.
Only one, however, involves caving to bullies.
I might attack your character and your motivations for taking the position you've taken... but I believe that you have done a fine job of that yourself.