Comment Only in America (Score 1) 147
The real problem I have with this ban attempt is that lawyers benefit from the ban and 'they' (knowing that it's the judges who rose through the ranks) are deciding if it's 'good' or not. Regardless of their motives, it has the perception of impropriety which goes along way in the public eye (or it used to...).
If this were a case about physicians wanting to ban DIY medical software, then the physicians would have to convince lawyers to take the case and they'd argue before (I hope) a jury. Regardless, it's not a panel of doctor's deciding the fate of that case. So while stained with greed, the case still has to pass through a court system that doesn't benefit (additionally) from which way the case goes.
Let's say I buy DIY medical software, read the disclaimers and use it. Then I should deal with whatever the consequences are. But I am an idiot if i think i can practice medicine on others using that software. Is the argument for the ban (in the case of wills) that my will becomes a legal document for my heirs? And therefore without a law license, cannot write my own will. I hope not.
All other professions rely on the legal system to litigate disagreements. When one of the parties _is_ the legal system, we should turn to the public for resolution.
If this were a case about physicians wanting to ban DIY medical software, then the physicians would have to convince lawyers to take the case and they'd argue before (I hope) a jury. Regardless, it's not a panel of doctor's deciding the fate of that case. So while stained with greed, the case still has to pass through a court system that doesn't benefit (additionally) from which way the case goes.
Let's say I buy DIY medical software, read the disclaimers and use it. Then I should deal with whatever the consequences are. But I am an idiot if i think i can practice medicine on others using that software. Is the argument for the ban (in the case of wills) that my will becomes a legal document for my heirs? And therefore without a law license, cannot write my own will. I hope not.
All other professions rely on the legal system to litigate disagreements. When one of the parties _is_ the legal system, we should turn to the public for resolution.
