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terça-feira, junho 28, 2005
The bottom line is that illegal file-swapping is not about to disappear
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Take the detail of the ruling. The Supreme Court made it clear companies such as Grokster would be held responsible if they “induced” users to infringe copyright. However, the court left open the possibility that companies could provide a product allowing users to, say, share files - as long as illegal use was not expressly promoted and the product had significant legal uses.
Meanwhile, file-swapping services could continue to make life difficult by setting up in foreign jurisdictions. The software industry is sure to continue trying to come up with new ways to make sharing easier.
The bottom line is that illegal file-swapping is not about to disappear. Also physical piracy, another huge headache for the music and film industry, will be unaffected.
Minday’s Supreme Court ruling should provide further impetus for attempts to promote legal digital download services. And finding a powerful model for legal file-sharing should be an aim. But the ruling does not mark the end of the entertainment industry’s piracy problems.
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FT.com / Lex - Lex: Grokster
Take the detail of the ruling. The Supreme Court made it clear companies such as Grokster would be held responsible if they “induced” users to infringe copyright. However, the court left open the possibility that companies could provide a product allowing users to, say, share files - as long as illegal use was not expressly promoted and the product had significant legal uses.
Meanwhile, file-swapping services could continue to make life difficult by setting up in foreign jurisdictions. The software industry is sure to continue trying to come up with new ways to make sharing easier.
The bottom line is that illegal file-swapping is not about to disappear. Also physical piracy, another huge headache for the music and film industry, will be unaffected.
Minday’s Supreme Court ruling should provide further impetus for attempts to promote legal digital download services. And finding a powerful model for legal file-sharing should be an aim. But the ruling does not mark the end of the entertainment industry’s piracy problems.
...
FT.com / Lex - Lex: Grokster
posted by CMT, 11:59 da tarde
