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Sought for MGM v. Grokster: Non-Infringing P2P Use

Posted by timothy on from the that-lessig-fellow-might-have-some-words dept.

linuxizer writes "Since my last Slashdot entry, I've been discussing various copyright issues with the ever-interesting Peter Fader. Out of those conversations came sniu.info, an attempt to document the various forms of substantial, non-infringing use over peer-to-peer networks before MGM v Grokster goes to the Supreme Court. So far I have about 50 entries, but more suggestions would be much appreciated. Some fellow /. readers might also be interested in my fairly regular posts on copyright/IP issues, which are mostly links to interesting articles with occasional commentary."

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  1. Distro ISOs? by jacksonj04 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It may just be me who can't spot it in the list, but where is using BitTorrent to distribute the latest ISO images for Linux installs? Not to mention all the patches etc...

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  2. LegalTorrents.com by jhalludel · · Score: 5, Informative

    how about http://www.legaltorrents.com/ URL says it all...

  3. Well... by dfj225 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Right now I am using BitTorrent to download disk images of the X Live CD written about here on /. a few days ago and Fedora Core 3. I can't really think of any better examples of a legal use of a "p2p" network. I think BitTorrent is an especially good idea for OSS as it allows free software to be distributed in a manner that lowers the bandwidth usage of the host providing the software.

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  4. Knoppix by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://torrent.unix-ag.uni-kl.de:6969/

    Knoppix has been using BitTorrent for distribution for a while. I think it's an excellent example for other distributions.

    Debian tried to use a distributed system where the packages for the .ISO were gathered from the mirror sites. I think BitTorrent would be a better way, and will suggest it.

    Bob-

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  5. Re:Censored? No. by Isao · · Score: 4, Informative
    especially that there are laws on the books, copies of which average citizens may not posess

    Not my assertion, but how about John Gilmore's efforts to reveal the Show ID to Fly requirement that apparently is a law we're not allowed to see. Bearing in mind that it's quite easy for conspiracy theorists to purport nonexistant secret laws, this at least has the appearance of one that does.

    As for barring reading of laws to be voted on, I cannot cite a blatent example of such. However, the Patriot Act was voted on several hours after a new version was printed (running several hundred pages). It is not clear that there was full understanding of the updated text prior to the vote (this is still a subject of debate).