--- Aaron Zinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find this interesting, and while I'm not sure where I stand > with respect > to this case (I don't know enough about it) I don't understand > what > financial/business interest Slim Devices has in this case. > I'm no lawyer > and may be a bit dense about these types of things, but it > seems as though > the case is about peer-to-peer file sharing--not DRM (which I I'm no lawyer either or that familiar with the case but I would imagine that if the Betamax ruling were overturned then it would not only affect how you can use P2P software but how you use all sorts of tecnology such as CD burners. It's the Betamax case that protects your rights to rip or copy your own music. I'm certainly no angel when it comes to P2P and would be lying if I said I didn't ever download stuff. But it cracks me up that these companies' even try to pretend that they created their software for anything other than illegal file sharing (be it music or other). Sure there are legal uses for P2P and I would hate to see a ruling against them, but if someone were to try and sell me on the pretense that they were motivated by anything other than the sight of the 50,000,000 users and potential customers they saw orphaned by Napster I would be insulted. Of course, I realize they are trying to win a case so they will base their case on merits by which they can win. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
