Rights groups band together to help LimeWire
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Nine rights groups have joined together to file a friend of the court brief in what they say is the first major lawsuit against a creator of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software since the infamous MGM v Grokster.
In a coalition, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Consumer Electronics Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Home Recording Rights Coalition, Information Technology Association of America, Public Knowledge, Special Libraries Association, and the US Internet Industry Association warning the case, Arista v Lime Wire, has profound implications for the development of new software and hardware.
The group, “urges the court to apply the law in a manner that will not chill technological innovation and to reaffirm that developers should not be held liable for copyright infringement based on misuses of their technology that they did not actively promote,” says the EFF.
“It’s crucial that courts continue to protect emerging technologies that are capable of substantial lawful uses, even if they also can be used in less acceptable ways,” the foundation’s Fred von Lohmann declares.
“The technology industry, consumers, and copyright owners have all benefited from innovations like the photocopier, the CD burner, the iPod, and the personal computer, notwithstanding the fact that all of them can be misused.”
EFF – EFF Urges Court to Protect Innovation in Arista v. Lime Wire, September , 2008
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September 27th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Aww you missed the RIAAs Printer =P