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Grokster Shutting Down?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the evil-is-as-evil-does dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo news is reporting that Grokster is shutting down. In a settlement with Hollywood and the music industry Grokster will be permanently banned from 'participating directly or indirectly in the theft of copyrighted files and requires the company to stop giving away its software.'" A continuation on their deal with Mashboxx, or the end of grokster entirely?

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  1. What'd they do to PJ??? by Wabbit+Wabbit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh. Grokster.

    never mind.

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  2. Their Web site says: by dptalia · · Score: 3, Funny

    "There are plenty of services where you can download music and movies legally. This is not one of them." Yikes!

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  3. Re:Quite simply... by drgonzo59 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Welcome to Slashdot, here anything can happen ;-)

  4. Re:The tech community???? by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rabble Rabble!

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