CDs and filesharing

["L. Bird" <pkeets@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's another sign that the end is near.  Escerpts below:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030425/wr_nm/tech_music_dc_10

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal court denied a request to shut down 
Internet song-swapping services Grokster and Morpheus on Friday, handing a 
stunning setback to the record labels and movie studios that have sought to 
curb unauthorized downloading of their works.

U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson said the two services should not be 
shut down because they cannot control what is traded over their systems. 
Like a videocassette recorder, the software in question could be used for 
legitimate purposes as well as illicit ones, he said.


keets

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