EFF To Defend Music Swapping Service MusicCity

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday November 7, 2001 @06:49AM from the get-out-the-defense dept.

MattW writes "Yahoo is carrying the CNET story that EFF has come to the defense of MusicCity, which produces peer-to-peer software, but does not run central servers as Napster did. EFF has a whitepaper on the Sony Betamax case, and it discusses the implications of various court decisions during the Napster case and their effect on it as a precedent. A MusicCity lawyer, who was responsible for the successful defense of the Rio, is quoted, astutely observing: 'This case shows more clearly (than Napster) that what the plaintiffs are most concerned about is control of technology. This is all about whether they can leverage copyrights into control over software development.' And that's truly what the RIAA's interest in Napster was about: not money, but control."

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*rubs hands with glee* by FatSean · 2001-11-07 06:53 · Score: 1, Redundant

It may take years, but I'm confident that the ability to trade files (no matter the content) will remain free of prosecution.

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Lemme just freak out for a moment by dlek · 2001-11-07 06:59 · Score: 0, Redundant

This is total "legal creep". They win an inch, they try for the mile. These guys are gonna be nipping at the heels of progress until they've virally infected every technology out there. Scary stuff.