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Supreme Court Rules against Grokster
furry_wookie writes "A few minutes ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unaniumously against Grokster today. This ruling means that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the means to share music and movie files downloaded from the Internet. More info about the case here." That's not an entirely accurate statement -- what The Supremes said is that "One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright ... is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses." The promotion is the key part of that statement.
Update: 06/27 18:00 GMT by T : Reader SilentBob4 points out this interview with EFF attorney Wendy Seltzer on the decision.
Ok, I know everyone is in a huge hurry to submit the latest and greatest breaking news to /. before everyone else, and that /. is evidently in an equally tremendous hurry to post it. But please, not at the sacrifice of spelling and grammar.
I mean, really. No one is going to care (or probably even notice) if you're 30 seconds behind CNN (or whatever) because you took a moment to do some editing.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
-Oscar Wilde
Dude, every post I've made in the last year has been burning karma. I've had "excellent" since before I even noticed it kept track.
I've tried to be an ass, a jerk, annoying, argumentative, whatever. Wouldn't you know it, my karma is the same and I'm much more likely to get modded up than ever before.
And I'm tired of submitting stories.
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Just because alcohol and tobacco are already legal doesn't mean all drugs should be. As for the pain-killing aspects, you seriously think there's no alternative medications for that?