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.

Comments

TCPIP responsible?

[wardk]

TCPIP is the transport method that makes P2P possible, how about the manufacturer of the ethernet card? without that, no stealing is possible. right? what about the OS? gotta have that to steal.

I am sure congress will settle this with some reasonable new laws.

What was interesting was The Supremes said...

[Ciderx]

"I need love, love
To ease my mind
I need to find, find someone to call mine
But mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take"

The EFF condemned this inflammatory statement

Re:If you don't promote it that way, then what?

[tajmorton]

If you act in a way actively against sharing copyright material, you should be okay.

Translation: If you donate to the RIAA and MPAA, you should be OK.

Yes, it *IS* the zionist v. Gentiles!!

[Halvy]

Great point..

I'm suprised to see anyone else but me, have the gutz to talk like that..

There is an OBVIOUS *Jewish-Mafia* running things here, just follow the money, power and decisions.

But there are *good* Jews who agree with us, AND are *on* our side, so lets not make the same mistake Hitler did.. ;)

Re:What was interesting

[mOdQuArK!]

And if most citizens carried weapons on them at all times

Then there'd be regular shootings, and regular funerals, going on all the time. Any time somebody threw a temper tantrum, there'd be another death - and maybe multiple deaths by the time all the OTHER armed citizens got done. _You_ might want to live in a society like that, but I sure don't.

The more I hear from 2nd Amendment supporters, the more I'm convinced that the last people in the world who should be allowed to have guns are the people who want them the most. I am definitely no fan of the government (magnified by the actions of the current administration), but the irrationality of most 2nd Amendment proponents scare me 2x more than the potential for any terrorism attack.

Wow, they are unmistakingly stupid !

[thrill12]

The US supreme court just voted against:

* HD recorders connected to TV/DVD
* VHS recorders connected to TV/DVD
* DVD recorders connected to TV/DVD
* CD recorders connected to TV/DVD
* Copiers/XEROX-machines, very notably
* Tape recorders
* ...

The list pretty much includes everything that has the possibility to write a medium with the object to copy things from another source. The phrase "promoting its use to infringe copyright" is very easily rewritten, and still valid, as "promoting its use to copy broadcasts that have copyright on them". Everything that records of a TV or radio is pretty much guilty now. Copiers are ofcourse banned altogether - what other purpose than "using it to infringe copyright" could there be for a copier ???

I thought the DMCA couldn't bring it any better, you guys have just overdone yourself, I am impressed !

If I lived in the United States I would sue Xerox now, just for the sheer fun of it.
BR