Spanish Court Rules In Favor of P2P Engineer

Sir Mal Fet writes "In line with previous rulings discussed here, a judge in Spain has ruled that P2P technologies are 'completely neutral' (original in Spanish ; Google translation ), thus dismissing a lawsuit originated in 2008 from the Spanish Association of Musical Producers (Promusicae), Warner, EMI, and Sony suing Pablo Soto, a Spanish man who created the Blubster, MP2P y Piolet programs to share files. The labels demanded 13 million euros in damages arguing that the mere existence and distribution of P2P technologies violated copyright, but the ruling stated the technology itself was neutral, so the creator could not be held responsible for how the software was used, and demanded that they pay for legal expenses. Promusicae said it was going to appeal the ruling."

Comments

Re:That is like suing Ford

[sowth]

Is the legal system going to require people to change their names if someone else considers it offensive?

There are people stupid enough to demand just that.

I remember when I was out looking for a job in electronics, and some guy was telling people I "stole" his name. (I have the same first and last name as he did.) I didn't even know this was going on until someone put me on the phone with him--it still took me a while to figure out.

This made it even harder to find a job. I even had one prospective employer say "if that is even your real name." Dumb asses.

Re:That is like suing Ford

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, technology itself isn't bad. Like they say "Guns don't kill people, people kill people".

"If guns kill people, then pencils misspell words, cars make people drive drunk, and spoons make you fat." -- Unknown