P2p

Saw this first on Blues. The US Supreme Court today ruled against peer to peer file sharing networks, saying that they can be held liable for the actions of their users. This is a big win the Music and Movie industry (and software as it relates to this site). Here's your quote .

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...the court ruled that software companies can be held liable for copyright infringement when individuals use their technology to download songs and movies illegally.


In a related case the US Supreme Court also ruled that cable companies should not be forced to open up their lines to competitors. Here's your quote on that.

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At issue in the case, FCC v. Brand X, was whether cable operators should be required under federal law to lease their cable lines to competitors, much the way local phone companies were forced years ago to open up their lines to long-distance phone companies.


Wow I was following both these cases and I have to say I'm not happy with either result. I was hoping that peer to peer would win since the situation seemed so similar to the prior Sony case. And I was hoping cable companies would open up their lines so I could see cheaper prices.