Posted on 03/28/2005 2:52:01 AM PST by infocats
Edited on 03/28/2005 3:23:38 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Keep in mind, if the Supreme Court sides with Hollywood, Hollywood can then turn around and sue the OS and Hardware makers for have file-trading on their software and hardware. The lawyers for Hollywood will kill the tech market.
Is there any foreign law they can cite to hurt America here? Count on it.
This should be interesting.
Considering the internet as a whole could be considered one giant file-sharing program.
D'oh! i'm not going to like the outcome of this one.
The SC would basically have to overturn their previous ruling which held that manufacturers of VCRs were not liable for consumers who violate copyright by taping TV shows and movies.
The same logic could apply to copy machines that people use to make illegal copies of books etc.
Because of that I just don't see it happening.
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Seriously, what would happen if the OS and Hardware produceres just pulled out of America and relocated somewhere else and slapped a sticker on their good saying file sharing can be harmful, would the importers then be responsible.
It just amazes me how the judicial system can continuously stifle industries.
It's not just the judicial system, it's the Treasury Departments also, which the IRS is part of.
The government will destroy the internet with regulations and BS. Count on it.
OS and hardware have nothing to do with file sharing.
That would be akin to bringing a space heater into your house, the house burning down, and then suing the builder of the house.
Hollywood lawyers won't kill the tech market, they'll just change the way that files (of any type) are traded.
The Internet has outgrown government control. This is recognized by Bush's reference in the debates to Internets (plural) and articles a couple months ago referring to a new DoD Internet being designed exclusively for military use. Any government that makes a concerted effort to control the Internet will ultimately fall from the response generated by those who oppose such oppression. I look for the ChiComs or the Iranian mullahs to be the first to learn this lessson.
Truthsearcher wrote: - "The SC would basically have to overturn their previous ruling which held that manufacturers of VCRs were not liable for consumers who violate copyright by taping TV shows and movies."
That is a pretty good precedent.
I'm sure the SC could find ways around it, but they could just as easily note the precedent, make an easy decision and move on.
Hollywood doesn't use logic, this is the same to of mentality that gun-control groups use to try to sure gun manufacturers for the crimes committed using the guns they make.
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