Torrent / Filesharing precedent set: 'Making Available' is illegal.

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  • quantum-x
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 6863

    #1

    Torrent / Filesharing precedent set: 'Making Available' is illegal.

    You heard it right. 'Making files available' is just as naughty as hosting them.

    "If you were hoping judges would see reason and realize that just using a program that could violate copyright law is about as illegal as leaving your back door unlocked, think again. An Arizona district judge has ruled that a couple who hosted files in KaZaA is liable for over $40K in damages just because they 'made available' songs that could have been pirated by someone, somewhere. There's legal precedent, but how long do we have before the BitTorrent crew is sued?"

    Original:
    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ringement.html

    Case testing the bittorrent angle:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...039209&tid=123
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  • Pornwolf
    Drunk and Unruly
    • Jan 2002
    • 22712

    #2
    I saw that. Things are finally starting to get interesting. Lots of progress has been made in the past month.

    Now, I think we are all anticipating the Viacom Vs. YouTube battle to put the nail in the coffin.
    I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

    Webair, bitches.

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    • will76
      Making $$$$ w/ ClickCash
      • May 2003
      • 18037

      #3
      i hope they through the sponsors who advertise on those sites under the bus as well.
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      • Matt 26z
        So Fucking Banned
        • Apr 2002
        • 18481

        #4
        So what they are saying is that if you share a folder or upload music to a website directory, you are guilty of copyright infringement even if nobody actually downloaded it from you. Interesting.

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        • Alky
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2002
          • 5651

          #5
          Wonder how they came up with $40k

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          • Aussie Rebel
            Blow Me U Geeks
            • Aug 2001
            • 5108

            #6
            Originally posted by will76
            i hope they through the sponsors who advertise on those sites under the bus as well.
            Ditto, I really hope they start going after the sponsors too, I'd love to read a headline saying lars and datinggold are sharing a cell with bubba and his butt buddies, or even better one of them gettin shived in the showers

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            • xclusive
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Apr 2004
              • 35218

              #7
              This has been a very happy week for me, It's about time scum start to be taken care of.

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              • fluffygrrl
                So Fucking Banned
                • May 2006
                • 2187

                #8
                It's getting overturned if they appeal.

                Let me point out that every once in a while a judge in the deep south used to rule against hahahahahaha rights. Or against women's rights. Or against all sorts of stuff.

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                • quantum-x
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 6863

                  #9
                  Originally posted by fluffygrrl
                  It's getting overturned if they appeal.

                  Let me point out that every once in a while a judge in the deep south used to rule against hahahahahaha rights. Or against women's rights. Or against all sorts of stuff.
                  Thanks for your useless post!
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