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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-27 16:00 [#00673199]
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"Filesharing networks Grokster and Morpheus have won a lawsuit from the music and move industry. The judge declared that both software applications only offer a service to users and can also be used for legal activities. The judge compared it to video recorders, also these can be and are used for infringement of copyrights, but also serve legal purposes."
read complete story here:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/7075
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Spacecadet
on 2003-04-27 16:02 [#00673206]
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stick that in yer pipe and smoke it lars ulrich
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Jedi Chris
on 2003-04-27 16:03 [#00673209]
Points: 11496 Status: Lurker | Followup to Key_Secret: #00673199
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Its a fair ruling isn't it?
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-27 16:03 [#00673210]
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This is the story cdfreaks refered to.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-27 16:04 [#00673214]
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I really don't know.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-27 16:05 [#00673216]
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Filesharing tools themselves are not illegal in any way. So I guess it's a fair ruling.
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cuntychuck
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2003-04-27 16:06 [#00673218]
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way to go.
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Key_Secret
from Sverige (Sweden) on 2003-04-27 16:13 [#00673226]
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I mean it's the user that makes them illegal, just like the judge said.
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weatheredstoner
from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-04-27 16:14 [#00673227]
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*downloads every metallica album (not to listen to it, but to let others download it and piss off Lars.
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Spacecadet
on 2003-04-27 16:17 [#00673229]
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i remember dave grohl saying he didnt mind kids d/l his tracks, said it was just the same as someone making there friend a tape. i recon they should fight it out for P2P supremacy, drumsticks at dawn...
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promo
from United Kingdom on 2003-04-27 17:02 [#00673273]
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This is a very good ruling. I think the whole napster ruling was weak as shit this proves it.
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-27 19:17 [#00673419]
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that's really cool :D
that video-recorder comparison was a good call, by the judge. A minority view it seems, but hopefully it will spread :)
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Refund
from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-04-28 02:26 [#00673798]
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'bout time
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Ceri JC
from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-04-28 02:37 [#00673806]
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Sensible judge. Nice to see a bit of common sense applied and for the court not to be prejudiced just because it's computer based...
I think the main reason people have failed to see it on par with tape recorders/vcrs is that the "device" used to distribute the media is free software and not hardware made by a large corporation (and hence lacks the financial clout of someone like Panasonic or Sony in a lawsuit).
Hopefully precedence will mean that this will stop people like that forgettable (really, I've forgotten her name!) idiot female DJ who tried to get SS shut down.
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