kamikazee and JPWRana used our news submit to tell us "Will this be the final word, it should be, but we"ll just have to see how it pans out. Hopefully they won"t overturn any rulings the P2P community have won so far. It"s hard to tell, but P2P isn"t a for music alone and has many other uses."
OK, here's what JPWRana had to say about it: It"s interesting to see what the Supreme Court will say about this."Grokster and StreamCast cite a 1984 decision, Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios, widely known as the Betamax case, in which the Supreme Court refused to make Sony liable for alleged bootlegging of movies and TV shows by its customers as long as its video recorders also could be used for many other legal purposes." I wonder what Sony can say about this..."
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The court said it would rule on an appeal by movie and record companies, headed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, that say they should be able to sue the file-sharing services, Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc., because their customers copy and trade copyrighted material online without paying for it. And in taking the case, the court signaled that it would take the lead on the issue rather than wait for Congress, which is considering various solutions but was unable to hammer out compromise legislation earlier this year. |
Now I am going to tell you what I think. I think I am very nervous, but I am very happy that we are getting the decision from the Supreme court. I firmly believe that the Supreme Court will look at the letter of the law. If this is true, then we can only expect that they will find the services not liable for the actions of their customers. Either that or it will be illogical to allow photocopiers and the like.
Time will tell of course, but you are welcome to give us your two pennies worth now if you wish! You can also go to the Music Downloads, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) & Legal Issues Forum to stay up to date on legal issues.
Source: Yahoo!
