Supreme Court hears file sharing arguments
March 29, 2005 by Mike Wendland
Lawyers for the movie studios and record producers say peer-to-peer online services are “inflicting catastrophic, multi-billion-dollar harm” on the entertainment industry.” Five years after Napster was shut down because of pirated music, Grokster and the second generation of file sharing outfits are being targeted. But technology has changed a lot since Napster and the implications are much more far-reaching. Justices Hear Arguments in File Sharing Case
If they shut down Napster, why isn’t it they haven’t done that to the rest of the P2P services?
Something doesn’t make sense here. I think the whole mess is bogus.