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CWuestefeld on Oct 22, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Even After Fix, Windows 10 Update Is Botching File...

The government can just declare the temporary monopoly that they granted on copying it to be over

IANAL, but I think that would violate the Constitutional prohibition of Bills of Attainder.

dragonwriter on Oct 22, 2018 [–]

> IANAL, but I think that would violate the Constitutional prohibition of Bills of Attainder.

No, it wouldn't. A bill of attainder declares a person guilty of a crime or specifies criminal punishment for a particular person.

The 5th Amendment Takings Clause, though, is likely to be an issue.

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