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Supreme Court rules against file swapping (ZDNet)

Supreme Court rules against file swapping (ZDNet)

Posted Jun 28, 2005 14:58 UTC (Tue) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Supreme Court rules against file swapping (ZDNet) by freddyh
Parent article: Supreme Court rules against file swapping (ZDNet)

Sure, if the gun is advertised as "excellent for killing your boss!" Or the car is "built for tearing up mountain roads at no less than 90 MPH!" It's not illegal to build something that *could* be used for breaking the law, it's illegal to advertise it as *good* for breaking the law.


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Supreme Court rules against file swapping (ZDNet)

Posted Jun 28, 2005 15:39 UTC (Tue) by freddyh (subscriber, #21133) [Link]

Ah, but I do not recall seeing any advertisement from napster, kazaa, etc stating: "this is great for sharing files that are not yours!"
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