Indeed, simply delaying the process (even in the event of a loss) is better than rolling over to the government's commandments. We've all seen that the pace of technology greatly outpaces the speed of the government. We have to assume that by the time some of these legal battles conclude that the basic passage of time will end up ruling in the favor of decentralization.

This is exactly what happened with centralized digital currencies. There were many attempts to create centralized online currencies before Bitcoin came around and they were all slapped down by the man. Now, everyone points to Bitcoin like "See! They're allowed to do it, so can we!" It's pretty funny actually.