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Court Grants RIAA Summary Judgment Motions vs. Limewire
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "District Court Judge Kimba Wood has granted some of the RIAA's key summary judgment motions in Arista Records v. Lime Group. In her 59-page decision (PDF), she found Lime Group itself, as well as its CEO and a separate company, liable for intentionally inducing Limewire users to infringe plaintiffs' copyrights. The decision was not a final judgment, so it is not appealable. Additionally, it denied summary judgment on certain issues, and did not address any possible damages."
That isn't exactly true. It may be considered illegal to distribute copyrighted material withouth the copyright owner's explicit authorization if and only if you don't do it for personal use alone and you enjoy a financial profit from it. In some jurisdictions (i.e., practically the entire world) it's very legal to download copyrighted works if you do it in a non-commercial, completely personal way and those responsible for the distribution don't make a dime out of it. That's the french copyright tradition for you, which the entire world emulated for a good reason. After all, if you impose a totalitarian gatekeeper on educational and cultural goods then your education and culture will be controlled by a totalitarian elite, which will lead to granting only access to culture and education to a small elite who can afford it.
The french revolution happen for a reason.
Slashdot, fix your code or at least hire someone who is competent at it to do it for you.