[WikiEN-l] HD DVD key mess - OFFICE/Foundation?

[Ray Saintonge]

Phil Sandifer wrote:

>On May 2, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Andrew Lih wrote:
>  
>
>>That's not Wikipedia's battle to fight. It seems that Digg will be the
>>pioneer in that realm.
>>    
>>
>And here I agree with you. But the issue is NOT one of "blatant  
>illegality." It's one of legal risk, but we wade into that every time  
>we use a fair use image. The issues here are editorial, not legal.
>
The problem with an expression like "blatant illegality" is that it is 
on the same POV footing as the word "obvious".  It as though arguing 
from one's conviction about the truth of the issue will somehow convince 
others of its truth.  But one's own convictions are anything but 
neutral.  It is easy to agree that clearly illegal material should be 
removed.  What is not easy is establishing that the material is in fact 
illegal.  It doesn't take a lot of research to come to the conclusion 
that the legalities of reproducing encryption keys are far from 
settled.  There is nothing blatant about either extreme position.

Ec