Thursday, July 22, 2004

Copyright Bill to Kill Tech?

Wired News: Mike Godwin, legal director of Public Knowledge, said Senate judiciary staff are eager to get the legislation moving because they are worried that a federal appeals court in California will uphold an April 2003 court decision that did not hold peer-to-peer companies liable for their users' copyright infringement. The so-called Grokster case was argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in February, and a decision is expected soon.

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