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RIAA, MPAA Ask High Court To Review P2P Decision

Posted by timothy on from the how-totally-amazing dept.

The Hobo writes "It's official: Hollywood studios and record companies on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn a controversial series of recent court decisions that have kept file-swapping software legal." (Previous /. coverage here.)

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  1. If P2P is made illegal, then.. by xeaxes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If P2P is made illegal, then a lot of other tools should be made illegal.

    Here is a short list: Guns, hammers, rocks, knives, forks, spoons, sporks, drills, axes, saws, chainsaws, javelins, baseballs, Windows, Linux, Office, pillows, electronic devices, sheets, bath tubs, lawn mowers, mail boxes, etc.

    What do they all have in common with P2P? They all have legitimate uses because they are simply tools, but at the same time they can also be used for crime.

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  2. I don't understand... by FiReaNGeL · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't understand how things would change if, somehow, they would win their case. OK, P2P apps are declared illegal. Majority of people who trade on these networks already know it's illegal, and do it anyway. Sure, it'll let them sue the p2p apps developpers... but they should know it's the modern version of Hydra : you cut off a head, it grows up 2 better ones. Do they really think they can get out of this without changing their (failing) business model? At least they seem to get the message lately, with all the online music stores... at last.

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  3. It might get heard. by RealAlaskan · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The lower courts have disagreed, the **AA shysters say, so just maybe the Supremes will take it. Unfortunately, the anti-**AA decisions have come out of the Ninth Circuit, the most overturned court of them all. If the Supremes do take this one, it might only be to slap down those wacky guys in California, and that would be bad.

    More seriously, I'm not sure what they might do with this, but their recent Mickey Mouse decision doesn't make it look very encouraging.

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