Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

High Court Agrees to Hear File-Sharing Dispute

Posted by michael on from the two-paths-diverged-in-a-wood dept.

stkpogo pastes: "The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether two Internet file-sharing services may be held responsible for their customers' online swapping of copyrighted songs and movies. Justices will review a lower ruling in favor of Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc., which came as a blow to recording companies and movie studios seeking to stop the illegal distribution of their works." Grokster won in the lower courts, but the studios are appealing. This case, when finally decided, will be equivalent to the Betamax case 20 years ago which ensured that VCRs were legal.

5 of 297 comments (clear)

  1. fp by satishmatta · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Micron Technology (located in Boise, ID on Federal Way) has a history of abusing its contractors, despite efforts by a minority of its employees to do otherwise.

      1. Not long ago in a clearly marked area an Underfloor Crew was about to clean under a machine that was working with hazardous chemicals. One Micron employee had nothing better to do with his time than to ask the Underfloor Crew why they were putting on Tyvek suits (in an unpleasant manner). The suprivisor replied as to what the crew was doing, and this certain employee said that there were no hazardous chemicals running through any of the machines in the room. This person could only have been A> misleading the Underfloor Crew into direct harm, B> speaking such words in order to harass the Underfloor Crew, or C> making a direct attack on all of the Crew's content of character and (subsequently) employment status.

      2. Most people in the fab look at people in orange hoods (contractors) like they're pieces of shit.

      3. Equipment that contractors use is always getting stolen.

      4. Security always harasses contractors about badge problems but almost never harasses MTI employees about the same problems.

      5. Micron employees are much more likely to make a sexually unpleasant move or joke towards female contractors.

      To the heads at Micron Technology -- GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!! Descriminatory action will not be tolerated much longer. Your warning time is much shorter now, and you do not want to wait for it. We hope you make the correct decision for a bright and productive future.

      If anyone who reads this is concerned with human rights, cut and paste this notice to every place that people will see. It is the author's intention for this notice to be seen by someone in Micron Technology who can do something about this.

  2. In Soviet Corea... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Corea, old VCR format cases decide YOU

  3. Thanks for the analysis michael by mnemonic_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is valuable to all of us.

  4. Cat got your tongue? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gott knows I want not an Angel to be. :-))

    (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)