Comparing Grokster to Atlas Shrugged

Taylor Buley at Fresh Politics compares the Grokster case to the trial of Hank Rearden in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged:

For me, this case fully embodies the trial of Hank Rearden in Ayn Rand’s novel of biblical proportions, Atlas Shrugged. In this scene Hank Rearden - a proud and successful capitalist who has invented a new, better metal to replace iron – is legally confronted by the government to coerce him to share his innovation, under the obscure banner of 'public good.'

After providing an excerpt from the novel, Buley continues:

This court case is all about property. Defendants of P2P technology cast it as a fight for individual rights to download content and control technology, but this is a logical red herring meant to unravel the political underpinnings of this case. It is indeed about personal freedom, but it’s the freedom to produce rather than the freedom to consume.