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June 29, 2005

Tim Wu: the results of Grokster

Legal, and safe-harbored: (1) File-sharing protocols of all kinds (SMTP, FTP, HTML, Bittorrent, Gnutella); (2) Clients that are neutral and designed for legal uses (Browsers, email, ICQ); (3) Clients that take safe-harbor measures (iTunes)

Illegal: (1) Clients that can control illegal use and don't stop it (Napster); (2) Protocols that are designed only for illegal uses (Sony); (3) Clients that encourage illegal uses (Grokster).

Wu: iGrokster Posted by Tim Wu on June 29, 2005 at 03:23 PM

Posted by Kevin at June 29, 2005 10:25 AM