BitTorrent doesn't violate copyright laws, people do

In the November 1984 Ensign David B. Haight said, "New technologies that can bless our lives in so many positive ways are also being used to spread pornographic corruption." Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have taught that Satan tries to use things that can have a positive influence in our lives in order to do evil. Even though there is the potential that technology can be misused I do not believe that should be a reason to keep people from using it. In a recent article on Ars Technica, Tennessee legislation would turn schools into copyright cops, it talks about how schools have had to put restrictions on network traffic to keep students from violating copyright law. In order to fulfill these network restrictions some schools have implemented filters that block all BitTorrent traffic. I believe that this is not a wise move because the people that are violating copyright law will find a way around the filters and the people who are using BitTorrent to make legitimate downloads will suffer. Don't punish those who are using technology the right way for the actions of the few that would use it for evil.