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Not Like Betamax

Not Like Betamax

Posted Jul 7, 2005 20:15 UTC (Thu) by rqosa (subscriber, #24136)
In reply to: Not Like Betamax by miallen
Parent article: The Grokster ruling

> no one's directly profiting from it

Red Hat and other distro makers profit from it, because it reduces their bandwidth usage.

Furthermore, why should whether or not someone profits from it have any effect on whether it is legal or not?


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