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Is The Net At Fault For Illegal Filesharing?

Posted by timothy on from the blame-society dept.

hbean writes: "Laywers for the file sharing programs Morpheus and Grokster are saying that if their client's programs are illegal for sharing copyrighted content, then so are the networks of ISPs that allow users to connect to each other -- check it out here. I wonder if these legal types are ever going to actually blame this on the actual people who are sharing ..."

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  1. Great court case by bryan1945 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Next case"
    "MPAA & RIAA vs. the Internet"

    "Is the defendent ready?"
    "011011001010111110010100110100...."

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    1. Re:Great court case by athakur999 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The Internet could get Jeeves to represent itself.

      Judge: How do you plead?
      Jeeves: WebMD - Girl's Parents Plead for Gene Therapy to Resume
      Judge: What does that have to do with music piracy?
      Jeeves: Kid Rock Starves To Death: MP3 Piracy Blamed

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  2. In Other News... by unformed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lawyers for Morpheus have filed a lawsuit against God for ceating people who use software that uses the Internet that transfers data which was created by people who then sold it to the RIAA who are suing the aforementioned lawyers (for Morpheus) for violating their trademarks by transferring music that they have copyrighted ...

    1. Re:In Other News... by gartogg · · Score: 5, Funny

      God has countersued the human race for copyright violations, making many thousands of copies of "Human Beings" which he said are not only infringing on his copyright, but also dilute his brand name, being inferior copies, "made in god's image" by much inferior beings.

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  3. Re:Yeah right by the_rev_matt · · Score: 4, Funny

    You spelled Arkansas wrong, but that's OK because no one from there would know anyway.

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