Judges rule file-sharing software legal
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:54 pm
A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial court decision that says file-sharing software programs such as Grokster or Morpheus are legal.
Following the lead of a lower court decision last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said that peer-to-peer software developers could not be held liable for the copyright infringement of people using their software, as long as they had no direct ability to block the acts.
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http://news.com.com/Judges+rule+file-sharing+software+legal/2100-1032_3-5316570.html
Following the lead of a lower court decision last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said that peer-to-peer software developers could not be held liable for the copyright infringement of people using their software, as long as they had no direct ability to block the acts.
Full story:
http://news.com.com/Judges+rule+file-sharing+software+legal/2100-1032_3-5316570.html