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Court to Hear Landmark P2P Case

Posted by simoniker on from the peer-versus-peer dept.

CrystalFalcon writes "Wired News reports that a federal appeals court is poised to hear arguments in a landmark case involving Grokster and Morpheus that could decide the future of peer-to-peer services, and may affect whether technology companies can be held liable for their customers' behavior." The appeal against last April's Grokster/Morpheus court win will take a while to shake out, though: "At Tuesday's hearing, each side will have 30 minutes to present its arguments and answer questions from the three judges. The judges will likely take several months to issue an opinion on the matter."

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  4. Re:May as well hold gun makers liable, too. by gid13 · · Score: -1, Troll

    It seems to me that while you MAY argue that the primary purpose of some hunting rifles (hunting) is perfectly legal, that most guns' primary purpose is not.

    Excluding guns designed exclusively for hunting, what primary purpose do guns have other than killing?

    Automatics, particularly. What legal purpose could need that kind of rate of fire?