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Supreme Court rules against Grokster
by Marc Perton Jun 27th 2005 at 11:11AM
In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that P2P networks can be held liable if they intend for customers to use their services to share files illegally. "We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties," Justice David Souter wrote in the Court's opinion. In the case pitting the music industry against Grokster and StreamCast, the file-sharing services had argued that they can't control the activities of their users. However, the court rejected that argument, saying that the services have marketed themselves as resources for illegal file sharing. The case now returns to a lower court, which had earlier ruled without trial in Grokster's favor.
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Ryan said 5:46PM on 6-27-2005
sounds like the begining of the end to something great... *sigh* At least we have iTunes :-)
~Ryan~
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