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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. Re:Don't blame the tool by sangreal66 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Their business model is failing. Quit tinkering with legislation and find a profitable venue. Which part of their Business model is failing, exactly? Is it the fact that they charge money?

  2. Re:Call it STEALING, not swapping. by Anton+Anatopopov · · Score: 0, Troll

    It depends if there is a warning label on said baseball bat.

  3. Re:Call it STEALING, not swapping. by Anton+Anatopopov · · Score: 0, Troll
    well then it's an open and shut case. The attacker is clearly not responsible for his misuse of aforementioned bat, due to improper labelling.

    Have we learned nothing from that McDonald's hot coffee case?