News RIAA, MPAA appeal against 'Grokster is legal' ruling

From the Register:

The Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) has launched its appeal against an April US District Court ruling that the Grokster P2P media-sharing network does not infringe copyrights juts because its software may allow users to do so.

The appeal, filed on Monday with the Los Angeles District Court, is backed by the movie business' bruiser, the Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA), and the National Music Publishers' Association.

On 25 April, US District Court Judge Stephen Wilson dismissed joint action brought by the RIAA, MPAA and NMPA against Grokster and Streamcast, owner of the Morpheus P2P service. Judge Wilson essentially ruled that, like the providers of cassette decks and CD-R units, neither P2P service could be held responsible for any infringement of copyright performed by their users. Just like said consumer electronics recording kit, Grokster and Morpheus have legitimate uses, Wilson said.

Wilson's decision was backed by case law, primarily Universal's failed attempt to block the sale of Sony video recording products, and CBS records action against UK cassette recording kit maker Amstrad, both in the 1980s.

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They wouldn't let it lie....

 

Why can't they use the technology to their advantage (ie to sell music) instead of trying to shut it down?





Oh well, at least I'm not in the US!

 

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I agree with SiMonTiST though, they should use it to their advantage... Oh well...

 

Well int this what they tried to do wiht good ol napster. Napster got sued and than you had to pay to use it than gues wat it lost its millions of users and programs like kazza and k-lite sprang up. They will never make us pay for music. I buy music if I think its worth it and I am not going to buy it if I dont. So dont try and stop me downloading it!!!!! It is like any crime they can try and stop it but they never will. Except this doenset hurt anyone except billionair record companys.