Judge — "Making Available" Is Stealing Music

Posted by kdawson on Monday August 27, 2007 @02:23PM from the if-i-can-hack-into-your-computer-are-you-liable dept.

JonathanF writes "If you were hoping judges would see reason and realize that just using a program that could violate copyright law is about as illegal as leaving your back door unlocked, think again. An Arizona district judge has ruled that a couple who hosted files in KaZaA is liable for over $40K in damages just because they 'made available' songs that could have been pirated by someone, somewhere. There's legal precedent, but how long do we have before the BitTorrent crew is sued?" The New York case testing the same theory is still pending.

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But Sony.... by Lost+Penguin · 2007-08-27 23:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

$40K for leaving a back door open on your computer.
How much should Sony pay for infecting millions of computers with a root kit, for the second time!
The newest Sony root kit is worse than any file sharing program, because it cannot be seen or easily removed by the user.

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