June 28, 2005
So, will this make car, liquor and beer makers liable for drunk driving?
by Liza Sabater
This whole idea of "inducing to break the law" when it comes to digital rights is absolutely ridiculous when gun manufacturers and beer makers have time and time again have been absolved from any liability from the use of their products to commit a crime.
BBC NEWS | Technology | File-sharing suffers major defeat
Millions of people swap music via file-sharing networks The US Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software.The surprise ruling could start a legal assault on the creators of file-sharing networks such as Grokster and Morpheus.
And wouldn't McDonald's be liable for inducing people into becoming fat? I have not read the ruling but will definitely post. In the meantime, why don't y'all go over to Chris Nolan's Politics from Left to Right: This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco :
The Supreme Court has given geek determinism “ the often adolescent belief that technology will triumph and that anything that stands in its way is lame, brain dead, foolhardy and stupid – a well-deserved smack upside the head. In its ruling today on MGM v. Grokster, the court said that the nudge-nudge, wink-wink advertising and promotion that Grokster and Streamcast engaged in to promote themselves as alternatives to Napster was inducements for customers to break the law.
Posted by Liza Sabater in Law, P2P, Supreme Court, Technology
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