p2p clients are responsible!

[_-Gunslinger-_]

So now all use music piraters are going to have to find a better way to download music :(

I wonder if the effects clients like bit-torrent, or would it affect the sites that post the torrent links.

Linky (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4627679.stm)

[DaShiznit]

Actually, all the Supreme Court said in its ruling is that MGM has the right to sue Grokster, not that Grokster must shut down. What's more, the court reffered the case to a lower court, one which initially rejected MGM's case, meaning that when the case goes to court, odds are, the ruling will be in favor of Grokster.

[Mag-Mower]

I have no use for pirates, iTunes FTW!

[firecrackerNC]

F iTunes! E-Mule works for me and gets the job done fast+free!

[ChronoSphere]

The supreme court found Grokster at fault because the software itself promotes infringement.

Justice Souter said: "We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties".

Bittorrent is in the clear here, since its basically a method of distributing large files, and isn't expressely made for trading copyrighted content - in fact one of the first major uses of the bittorrent protocol was to distribute Linux distros.

[Ghryphen]

MGM should have the right to sue your OS manufacturer, cause people need an OS to run Grokster. They should be able to sue NIC manufacturers too for supplying a way for you to connect Grokster to the internet. And sue ISP's for allowing people who use Grokster to connect to the internet.

ridiculous

[ChronoSphere]

Not nessecarily. Does your OS "promote" infringement, or is it merely capable of it? Look at the wording in the majority opinion.