On 5/4/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
The real mob (or, in this case, thug) here is the industry organization trying to prohibit mention of a number.
They would call it trying to prevent the distribution of part of a DRM circumvention mechanism. The number involved is largely irrelevant to them other than it's use in trace where the compromise in security took place.
All the "prohibit mention of a number" slogans in the world wont help you if the courts side with the MPAA. You want to fight DRM in this moronic way? Fine go ahead but on your own dime and legal risk.
The message we send if we cave is "Thugs are in control, if they're potentially big and nasty enough."
Pretty much. Summon a halfway credibale legal threat and the foundation folds. The only exception would be some bridgeman art library vs corel corp stuff. O RLY? owl, Jack Thompson, some kind of cross thing (although I'm pretty sure I ran across a copy of that on commons recently someone not paying attention) and the rest of [[WP:OFFICE]] stuff.
The foundation does not need legal bills. If we can dodge legal fights we should do so.