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eBay Beats DMCA

Posted by Hemos on from the beating-it-like-a-drum dept.

pgrote writes "eBay won a court battle that brought to light a key provision of the DCMA. The judge says, "Although it may facilitate the sale of pirated material, "eBay does not have the right and ability to control such activity," a standard required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the judge wrote." So does that mean that the P2P file trading programs are legal since the pirating occurs off the sites? This is could be a very important precedent. " In talking to some lawyer friends, their perspective on part of the Napster case was that by being very difficult in the beginning, Napster almost doomed itself. But, as always, IANAL ? .

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  1. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wow, you're really fucking boring !

  2. Re:hell yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fuck Mick the tpm. Mick is a raging homosexual who likes to take it up the ass. And did I mention, IAAL, and that the DMCA is your sole God? Well, if I didn't, the DMCA is your sole God. Worship it.

  3. IANAL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But, as always, IANAL

    Homo!

  4. Contradiction in terms? by carlhirsch · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    In talking to some lawyer friends

    Isn't this an oxymoron?

    (My dad's a lawyer, and he taught me to love a good lawyer joke. YMMV.)

    --
    . We've got computers, we're tapping phone lines, you know that ain't allowed - Talking Heads, "Life During Wartime"
  5. Re:I second this!.. WTF is going on with /. ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Information wants to be locked away in prison so it can take it up the ass from crapdot editors and Dmitry. Fuck you kike nigger.

  6. IAAL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I am a lawyer, this is authoritative legal advice, and if you get in trouble, you should simply tell the authorities that I posted on the Web that it is okay.

    They will, of course, immediately release you with apologies.

    I assure you that the subject line does NOT stand for I Am A Liar.