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eBay Beats DMCA
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 ? .
Well, I think if we're going to stop software and music piracy, we ought to crack down on the butt piracy perpetrated by Slashdot editors, too. Butt piracy is illegal in many states, though the laws have come under fire in recent years. It would be wise to reinstate the laws that have been repealed and make butt piracy the crime it once was. It undermines family values and is just disgusting. And the editors of this site take great pride in promoting butt piracy, so I propose a boycott of this site, too. Thank you for your time.