[vanderZwan]

> and the burden of using it in a socially acceptable way rests with the user.

Or, you know, legislation. I'm kind of sick of everything being offloaded as a responsibility of the end-user as an excuse to externalize costs.

Plus, in this case it's not even like VHS or a photocopier, it's more like the printing press or the Jacquard loom: those with capital to invest in it benefit the most, at the expense of individuals being exploited.

[williamcotton]

I’d prefer the liability being on the end-user.

Tools that are a burden to use, like tools that produce too many infringing works, are not going to sell as well as those that are not a burden to use.

This means that if someone makes a tool like this that also alerts the user of likely infringement it would perform better in a corporate, risk-averse marketplace.