It’s all about the law… which, I’ll keep this one short… are rules really meant to be broken? Don’t simply take it as just another quote from some classic b-movie, yet try to comprehend both the psychology perspective of “rules” and our history. Are rules really there to protect us? From who? Ourselves? And where would one draw the circle line of “the greater good”? Though there’s never been (and IMHO can never be) a cookie-cutter answer to this dillema, I believe one should start with trying to answer it for oneself before trying to imply their perspective to others.

Anyhow, links to the news;

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/i-thought-it-was-a-scam-nh-woman-sued-by-riaa.ars
I mean, come on, RIAA… there should always be a fine line between upholding YOUR own rules and prejudice and trying to create a sacrificial lamb as an example to others. The background story is the last decade or so, the recording industry has been fighting a war… a losing one nonetheless. And the above story is an example of collateral casualties.

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/03/amd-intel-engaged-in-x86-licensing-staredown.ars
So x86 is the most stable and trusted IC architecture for the last half a century, and somewhere along the line, AMD and Intel shake hands and went…
Intel: Dude, I found a cool method to develop processors… it’s called x86.
AMD: Raaad, dewd! Say, lemme see. …Nice… but you know what, this would be best implemented this way.
Intel: No way man, THIS is the way to go. This shit gonna sell like hotcakes, bro’!
AMD: lol wutever man, tell you what. I’ll make it my way, you make it your way, we’ll see who’s the millionare in the next few years.
Intel: You’re on!
/*insert decades of x86-based CPU architecture with no clear winner*/
Intel: Hey dude… take 5. I gotta say something.
AMD: Fine. Wadaya want?
Intel: Remember when I told you I came up with x86?
AMD: Yeah?
Intel: Well…. it IS theoritically, MY finding…
AMD: Well yeah, but we agreed we’ll use it TOGETHER, just different ways of designing the final shape. But it’s the same “material”.
Intel: Doesn’t matter, man. I’m suing you coz you’re using MY stuff…
AMD: …….after all this year? You…*
Intel: …and it’s gonna be expensive…