On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:56:45 -0400, you wrote:

>It is not Sony's responsibility to reimburse the state. Do families of
>murder victims pay for the murderer to sit in jail? Would you expect a
>store that is robbed to pay for the thief to sit in jail?
>
>Also, if you put all your effort in to a device that you wanted to sell
>wouldn't you want it protected.

..and anyway they've  probably already paid out a fortune to get the =
legislation there in the first
place....!

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