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Re:Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password by dotBen on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @06:19PM (#1840711)
In terms of the law, you don't own those blueray movies so it isn't the same.

The law is fuzzy on the issue of someone emailing you an encrypted archive you didnt have the password to.

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Re:Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password by Natsu on Thursday October 28, 2010 @05:52AM (#1842343)
> In terms of the law, you don't own those blueray movies so it isn't the same.

If that works, I might try telling them that the file they can't open is a DRM'd media file which I no longer have rights to and do not own.

For some people, that might even be true.

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Re:Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password by ax0n on Thursday October 28, 2010 @09:19AM (#1842727)
Seriously. I love this kind of thinking! Hell, it might just work.
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