Re:Using a VPN could become a criminal offence under new CFA...
by JumpCrisscross on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:00PM
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> This is like when Oracle argued that APIs can be copyrighted. Nobody was scared until the CAFC agreed.
Which is the appropriate time to get scared. If you took half seriously the bogus theories that are floated in legal complaints, even restricting one to those penned by reputable lawyers, you'd swiftly conclude your car is a hippopotamus.
Ours courts are adversarial. Both sides are trying novel arguments. Through this, the law is actually strengthened--the court dismissing the argument leaves a precedent where, previously, there may not have been one.
Which is the appropriate time to get scared. If you took half seriously the bogus theories that are floated in legal complaints, even restricting one to those penned by reputable lawyers, you'd swiftly conclude your car is a hippopotamus.
Ours courts are adversarial. Both sides are trying novel arguments. Through this, the law is actually strengthened--the court dismissing the argument leaves a precedent where, previously, there may not have been one.