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Hollywood wins Internet piracy battle
This sucks.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that software companies can be held liable for copyright infringement when individuals use their technology to download songs and movies illegally.
“One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright … is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties using the device, regardless of the device’s lawful uses,” Justice David Souter wrote in the ruling.
What will come of this ruling. Will Tivo get sued if someone hacks it to pull the TV show off and put in on the internet? Will BitTorrent be sued? This could be the start of a lot of crappiness.
Discuss.
Link: CNN | Hollywood wins Internet piracy battle
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