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Originally Posted by willravel
It's the same thing. Enabling certian illegal computer acts is illegal in and of itself. Kazaa and other p2p networks are enabeling illegal copyright acts to be carried out. A Los Angeles federal judge ruled that record companies and movie studios can proceed with a lawsuit against the parent company of Kazaa. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980274.html?tag=fd_top |
I don't think there are any laws that would apply to Kazaa for "enabling certain illegal computer acts". I sure hope not, anyway. The article you mentioned was about California being ruled a valid jurisdiction to carry out a lawsuit against Kazaa. Anybody can sue anybody for pretty much whatever they want, it doesn't mean there's any validity to the case or that the defendant actually did anything wrong.
If such laws existed then by the same logic they would apply to keyboard and mouse manufacturers (enabling the installation of Kazaa and search/download of copyrighted content), hard drive companies (storage of said content), modems, and so on.