RIAA dirty tricks.

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Step in the right direction.

federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios? lawsuit against the two companies.

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Originally posted by: kasparov

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
Something else I wanted to comment on is the subject of libraries. There isn't any valid comparision between libraries and illegal downloading of copyrighted work. Libraries buy the things they loan out or provide access too, and that access is limited. It is limited by the length of time someone can use the borrowed item and it is limited because only one person, or perhaps a small group, can use the item at the same time.

And yet, I can go in and photocopy articles and portions of books that I deem useful per the Fair Usage laws. I can also make recordings of video/audio material that I deem useful.

Wouldn't it suck if book makers made you sign a licence to read a book only a certain number of times by a certain number of users? Imagine how much money they could make in if they were to exert their influence that way.

mmm, it's correct that you can photocopy books at the library. But you also pay for the photocopy, maybe not to the author but money is still exchanged. If you were to photocopy the entire book, you would probably be paying as much as the retail cost of the book. Now compare this to P2P file sharing. No money is exchanged, yet you still get the file. mmm, the economy doesn't benefit from P2P.