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April 28, 2003
The Legalization of File Sharing
Companies behind File-sharing apps Morpheus and Grokster were awarded a milestone victory in court last week, with federal judge Stephen Wilson comparing them to VCR manufacturers — who are not responsible for how people choose to use their products.
Defendants distribute and support software, the users of which can and do choose to employ it for both lawful and unlawful ends…. Grokster and StreamCast are not significantly different from companies that sell home video recorders or copy machines, both of which can be and are used to infringe copyrights.
Posted by paullheureux at April 28, 2003 09:44 AM