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Do you believe you should be able to sue gun manufacturers because they create guns with the intent of people using them?

If some manufacturer marketed a gun for the sole purpose of commiting crimes with them, then YES, they should be sued.

Anyone that believes for one second that Grokster was not created to for the sole purpose of stealing music simply does not have a firm grip on the issues here.

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How about BitTorrent, then? The creator of that intented that his program be used to distribute large files very quickly, and it has been used like that. RedHat distributed it's latest edition over BitTorrent, and got copies of it's program out to users much faster than when everyone had to download from FTP sites. Other sites have borrowed from the BT concept, because it helps save bandwidth, as well as get files out faster.

However, BT is also being used to distribute copyrighted games, movies, music, and more. Should Bram Cohen be sued because he created a protocol that is being used illegally?