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IsoHunt Guilty of Inducing Infringement
roju writes "The MPAA has won a summary judgment against torrent indexing site isoHunt for inducing copyright infringement. Michael Geist notes that '[t]he judge ruled that the isoHunt case is little different from other US cases such as Napster and Grokster, therefore concluding that there is no need to proceed to a full trial and granting Columbia Pictures request for summary judgment.' Attorney Ben Sheffner, who worked on the case for Fox, explains some of the implications, noting that 'the most significant ruling in the opinion was the court's holding that the DMCA's safe harbors are simply not available where inducement has been established.' This case could have implications on other indexing sites, and creates a gap in the DMCA safe harbor provisions that could have far-reaching implications on other sites."
They'd freak out since Americans are rarely smart enough to understand "unintended consequences" of international law.
International law is surrender of sovereignty and should be viewed as such.
The idea of regulation and micro-management of nations by laws their publics didn't vote for is quite popular with politicians, but treaties work both ways.
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Who says it's erroneous? Juries are not the best judges of law. Law is supposed to be made by duly elected officials, and interpreted by the courts. Juries simply are not qualified, and furthermore, to allow juries to change the law is to let them short-circuit the democratic process.
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You are nothing more than a dirty thief. Although, I know that you are a loser and you wont ever have $10 million to hire actors and engineers to create your own content and that is why you justify your stealing.
But don't worry, you'll understand once whatever you're smoking wears off. Or if you are eager to get some learnin', leave your name and address and I'll have the RIAA lawyers get in touch with you. I'd love to see what the judge thinks of your "Information wants to be free" defense. You people are seriously deluded..
Why?
You posted only once, I don't see why you should get credit in perpetuity for work you performed once.