A Legal Blow to File-Sharing

[JB73]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050627/ap_en_bu/scotus_file_sharing_24



i know there are many here on both sides of the issue... whatever side you take fine, this i think though is not good.

as mentioned in the article, the lower courts used a ruling about VCR's for their judgment. it is a legitimate precident i think.

now that grokster, kazaa, and whatever can be sued, i doubt any of them will be around long considering the ultra deep pockets of the recording corporations.

one must ask then, if you develop a revolutionary piece of software like bit torrent, should you bother showing it off? will you get sued because of possible infractions people may or may not do with your product?

it sounds shockingly similar to suing gun makers for something a person did with a gun. it is just not right.

i only see this as holding back development of software, and communication on the internet

to fix link... thanks

[CMC Airboss]

The link above did not work for me.   I found an alternate http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050627/ap_en_bu/scotus_file_sharing_24

[Mickey1992]

Originally posted by JB73

i only see this as holding back development of software, and communication on the internet

This will hold back the development of software whos sole purpose (or at least 90%+ as many studies show) is to illegally share copyrighted material.  I agree.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Mickey1992
This will hold back the development of software whos sole purpose (or at least 90%+ as many studies show) is to illegally share copyrighted material.  I agree.

It also starts down a path where devices such as an iPod are illegal, and the RIAA has complete control over how you purchase and play your music, ie a total monopoly is restored.

[Skuzzy]

It would tickle me pink to see all of this come to an end.  Much more bandwidth available for real work.

Woohoo!

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
It would tickle me pink to see all of this come to an end.  Much more bandwidth available for real work.

Woohoo!

Are you saying 90% of internet traffic is illegal file sharing skuzzy

[Mickey1992]

I think Skuzzy means illegal file sharing and not this BBS.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Mickey1992
I think Skuzzy means illegal file sharing and not this BBS.

The question is ... Is the internet a mechanism that allows illegal file sharing and the bypassing of encryption which is also illegal in the DMCA, and what proportion of internet traffic is this?

[Skuzzy]

I cannot tell you.  I do not knot know.  All I know is when the kids are out of school, Internet bandwidth is used up at a horrific rate.

And when I talk to my neices and nephews, all they do is chat with friends and download music all day long (yeah, they are stealing, but thier parents don't care).

It really hits the overseas connections hard as that bandwidth is fixed and it can take years to increase it.

The Internet only has a finite amount of bandwidth.  It is possible to bring it to a crawl on a world-wide basis, pretty easily.

[SOB]

SUE THE INTARDNET!  Yeah, I could see the RIAA doing that.

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by SOB
SUE THE INTARDNET!  Yeah, I could see the RIAA doing that.

LOL, make it a class action, we can all get in on it!

eskimo

[parker00]

is there any other use for this type of software other than sharing files?

[J_A_B]

I don't think it will have much of an impact--a US court ruling won't have any effect outside our borders, and borders don't mean much on the Internet.

J_A_B

[SOB]

Not really, although I suppose some of them have rudimentary chat built in.  As far as LEGAL downloads, yes.  I used Bittorrent to download the BF2 demo when I couldn't get it at any reasonable speed from anywhere else.  Of course, I believe that's the first legal download I've used Bittorrent for, not counting when I've downloaded music from CDs I owned but were too scratched up to play.

[Saintaw]

The only thing this will change is that those companies will move to say... China.  I'd like to see a US court try & sue something there... I'm already pointing my finger and laughing.