[jdvolz]

Am I the only one who is bothered by the comparison here of "I could be sued for" and "it's illegal for me to"? Just because someone can sue you for it doesn't mean it's illegal. In fact, if someone is suing you, it's likely that it's entirely legal for you to be doing it, otherwise, they would have just called the cops and saved on lawyers.

[dangrossman]

That just doesn't make sense. Maybe you don't know the difference between criminal and civil law?

The police are not anyone's personal force, and what they enforce are mostly crimes, while a suit over this MP3 player would be a civil action. Nobody's going to show up and cuff you for patent or trademark infringement. The State is not involved in civil actions unless the party you harmed happens to be a government.

[jdvolz]

That was exactly my point. Just because the Terms of Service of some place says something doesn't make doing that action illegal. The cops won't come to enforce someone's terms of service.