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Re: BitTorrent - can it be blocked?

I thinkTor's aim is clearly written in
http://tor.freehaven.net/cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html

The reality is that it is not very clear cut. I do agree about your router analogy, but the reality is there's not enough legal precedences of who should be blamed especially when anonymous system is utilized.

Is claiming that you were running Tor server sufficient? I don't know, our laws obviously haven't kept up with reality.

Isn't that just like asking "I can cut orange with this knife, but isn't it also aimed to stab people?"

Paul Gardner wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the aim of an anonymous network such as
Tor to be able to deny any wrong-doing in a case such as this? After all,
why not prosecute all of the internet backbone router owners for allowing
the data to flow through their network?