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File Swaping tools ruled Legal!
This just in... I can't think of anything to say right now but. Cool!
Judge: File-swapping tools are legal : Via News.com
A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies.
"Defendants distribute and support software, the users of which can and do choose to employ it for both lawful and unlawful ends," Wilson wrote in his opinion, released Friday. "Grokster and Streamcast are not significantly different from companies that sell home video recorders or copy machines, both of which can be and are used to infringe copyrights."
I wouldn't want to live in a country where I was free to go and buy a shotgun but I had the government and corporations telling me what I can and can not do on my own PC.
Jake at April 25, 2003 
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:) i read about this earlier (while checking email on yahoo) and was thrilled...hope lars (or whatever his name is) chokes on his own...(i'll stop there...) hehe
Posted by: Lilly at April 25, 2003 6:19 PM
HA! cool! I think that we are on the right track here because i am a libertarian. I think that Jake should join me in my quest for freedom from GOVT regulation by starting a coalition of the willing to destroy the RIAAs lobbying powers....all in favor say L33t!!!!
Posted by: pete at April 28, 2003 9:44 AM
Well Mr. Rogers did help save the VCR.
Posted by: Jake at April 28, 2003 10:00 AM
Fred Rogers was so cool. Noone can think of anything to bash him with even though he was a Christian minister he was so soft hearted and understanding (true Christian values) that ANYONE would look like a total A-HOLE for even saying one negative thing about him.
Someday the world will build giant statues in his memory and erect a giant MR McFeely building in downtown D.C. to honor that great man....and purveyor of fine coffees.
Posted by: pete the insideous robot dancing fool at April 29, 2003 9:33 PM
