What FTDI might technically be considered causing damage (or disabling) to something that did not belong to them, there is really no recourse for the end user with the disable USB port. Because if they sue FTDI for damages to a USB port, FTDI can sue back for copyright infringement (using FTDI software with out permission or license). And I'm guessing FTDI will make a lot more money of a copyright lawsuit, then the end user might get for a disabled USB port. And any manufacturer the sues FTDI for disabling the product's USB port will be exposed as using FTDI product ID and vender ID and also might be considered committing some form of counterfeit? Any government agency that takes FTDI to court will need to produce witness to testify about damages (to the USB port), but also at the same time will the witness will be confessing to downloading any trying to use software they had no license or permission to use and therefore in violation of copyright law and subject to paying damages to FTDI, any fines or damages FTDI might have to pay will be a small price to pay for all the cash they make from people paying them for copyright violation.

The Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. series are easy reading. Main character is like Tony Stark (boy genius) My 4th grade teacher gave us credit for how many book pages (any book) we could read during the school year Because of that series, I ended up reading over twice as many books then anyone else in my 4th grade class. Stainless Steel Rat series, that was some good reading.

Go to the website Head-Fi, get answers to headphone questions there.

Your roommate is just going to get you in trouble, maybe you should move, get away from him. Ask him to move. My guess is you will be the one held responsible for what he is doing. Better just to disconnect him from your Internet service. Call up your ISP, tell them to send a warning letter addressed to your roommate about illegal downloads.