The Semantics of File Sharing

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 21, 2008 @12:14PM from the you-say-tomato-i-say-cease-and-desist dept.

ethericalzen writes "The LA Times has published an opinion article about the legal semantics and analogies of file sharing. The article includes arguments from those who believe file sharing is theft and those who strongly disagree. As it points out, the common analogies to theft are often incomplete or inaccurate. The author states, "balancing the interests of content creators against the public's ... is a much more complicated task than erecting a legal barrier to five-fingered discounts." He recognizes that it is not a trivial concept, and that the clamoring from both camps about definitions and moral boundaries will dictate how businesses and users function in the future."

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There's only two by rrohbeck · 2008-02-21 12:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

NFS and CIFS (SMB).

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Not very new, is it? by Anonymous Coward · 2008-02-21 12:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Haven't we seen this story before? Maybe just in the firehose a few days ago. Heck, it looks like old news, even to me.

I'd give my opinion on the matter, but I'm pretty sure I don't have to.

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