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Supreme Court Takes Hard Look at P2P

Posted by Zonk on from the under-the-judicial-microscope dept.

Patrick Mannion writes "Supreme Court justices quizzed attorneys for file-swapping software companies and Hollywood studios Tuesday, in a case that will help determine the future of both the technology and entertainment industries. In their questions, the justices were critical of the entertainment industry's proposal, which would hold companies "predominantly" supported by piracy liable for copyright infringement. However, they showed little sympathy for the file-swapping companies' business model."

6 of 489 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Justices by mkeroppi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just like to say they have interns even at the justice branch.

  2. Re:Business Model? by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    oh crap. ive just tried that link in vmware and it didn't work. did microsoft remove the about:puthtmlhere [feature|bug] from IE or am i just remembering it wrong?

    I set my dads homepage once to this:

    about:<body bgcolor=black><font color=lime>Your hard drive is being formatted, please wait <br> <blink> </font><font color=red>Formatting......Please Wait </font></blink></body>

    he crapped himself. i could have put it in a html file but i couldn't be bothered

  3. Re:Business Model? by ari_j · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I clicked on your link but nothing happened. But maybe you can help me out - since I clicked on it, every link I click on takes me to a porn site. I had to use a friend's computer to write this. Help!

    (Also a joke, in case they add a "own damn fault" mod and someone is tempted to use it on me. ;)

  4. Re:Business Model? by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    in internet explorer, i was expecting it to come up with a page saying:

    Jacko Was Wearing Blue Underwear Today. In Other News Asia Europe and Africa Fell Into The Sea. Billions Died.

    But for some reason, it didn't work when i tested it. MS must have fixed that [bug|feature].

  5. Diss? by clickster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Diss? WTH? I won't even go into the idiocy of the their argument, but "diss" (should be dis) from Hillary - or as she's known in her hometown Harlem - Da Big Hill C. Next up, Strom Thurmond and Snoop rappin' on da' hill givin' mad love to tha late Notorious B.I.G. and Tu Pac. Yeah. The Real World D.C. will return after these messages from Take Two Interactive : Buy Grand Thef...

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  6. Re:Diss? - posted in a readable format by clickster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whoops - meant to post plain text Diss? WTH? I won't even go into the idiocy of the their argument, but "diss" (should be dis) from Hillary - or as she's known in her hometown Harlem - Da Big Hill C. Next up, Strom Thurmond and Snoop rappin' on da' hill givin' mad love to tha late Notorious B.I.G. and Tu Pac. Yeah. The Real World D.C. will return after these messages from Take Two Interactive : Buy Grand Thef...

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