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Originally posted by rider6061
yes, but look at the public relations disaster they are creating for themselves, a twelve year old living in the projects. The alternative never would have been collected and they are pulling food out of the mouths of babes. The real wrong doers are the file sharing systems...are they going after the creators?
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Your logic is flawed.
That would be like saying that instead of the shoplifter being responsible for stealing a chocolate bar, it is the shop-owner for making it easy to steal.
They have (and still are) trying to hold the people who created the networks responsible. So far, with little success.
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In a stunning move, the courst have ruled that Grokster and Streamcast Networks were not liable for illegal copying. This is a major blow to the music industry if it stands up in court.
Judge Stephen Wilson sided with the two companies in his 34 page ruling, citing the 1984 case where the courts sided with Sony after the movie industry filed suit against the company for producing VCRs, which could be used to illegaly copy movies.
Along the same train of thought, the judge agreed that Grokster and Streamcast only provided the technology.
'It's a vindication. We are not pirates,' said Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster, based in Nevis, West Indies.
'Businesses that intentionally facilitate massive piracy should not be able to evade responsibility for their actions,' said Hilary Rosen, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America.
Get the text of the ruling http://www.boycott-riaa.com/pdf/grokster.pdf (pdf)
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