[whackedspinach]

That worked out so well when they banned copyright infringement.

[knowaveragejoe]

That's completely different though. Banning the conversion of btc into real currency would be a huge problem for btc, who is going to accept btc in exchange for a product or service performed if they can't turn that btc into money to exchange with other individuals/companies? There needs to be a much wider acceptance of bitcoins by companies providing services/products over a longer period of time before banning the conversion(at least legitimate conversion) would no longer phase bitcoin.

[nullc]

An illicitly copied movie is still fun to watch— even if none of your friends watch illicitly copied movies.

Illicit money? Thats _far_ less useful. Money like goods get their value from being accepted as valuable by large numbers of people.

[mtgx]

Still awful for people getting caught, though, just like with copyright infringement. So I'd much rather they didn't do that.