File-sharing takes another hit
Hollywood is beginning their lawsuit on server operators that host bits of information that are used in collecting a full program with bitTorrent. After the lawsuits of such programs as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Grokster it seems that Hollywood is cracking down on the next wave of file sharing programs that it says have cost the movie and music industry anywhere from 700 million to billions of dollars.
Hollywood has tried in the past to sue the actual downloaders of the files and the program owners to no avail. This move is meant to disrupt the servers that host the bits of information that point file sharers in the direction to download the entire movie, song, or program being shared. In August, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, "peer-to-peer companies can't be held responsible for intellectual property infringement that may take place on their networks, because the technologies can be also used for legitimate, non-infringing purposes." This case has been sent to an appeal. For now, file sharing software such as BitTorrent and eDonkey are not illegal. But so-called "indexing servers" that help users download copyrighted content are. The MPAA argues that servers that host such sites are aware that they are making acts of copyright infringement possible, and should therefore be held liable.
A Musician make less than ten percent of the twenty dollars charged in the record stores for the cd that took 30¢ to a peice to make. The average movie makes over 100 times the cost. Files downloaded with bitTorrnent and other P2P software are done mostly free of charge. Greed? Who?
My question is, what is the difference between downloading a song off the net than recording it off the radio? What's the difference in downloading a movie off the net than recording it off the TV? The next step in Hollywood would be to make P2P software illegal therefore crimping, not only the development of the Internet, but technology in general. If they where able to succeed than Microsoft would have a case against the Free Software Foundation. And such Open source projects as Linux, which Microsoft claims is costing the multi-billion dollar company billions of dollars a year.
Free is a matter of freedom! Greed is a matter of power.
TTFN
Zymosius
Hollywood has tried in the past to sue the actual downloaders of the files and the program owners to no avail. This move is meant to disrupt the servers that host the bits of information that point file sharers in the direction to download the entire movie, song, or program being shared. In August, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that, "peer-to-peer companies can't be held responsible for intellectual property infringement that may take place on their networks, because the technologies can be also used for legitimate, non-infringing purposes." This case has been sent to an appeal. For now, file sharing software such as BitTorrent and eDonkey are not illegal. But so-called "indexing servers" that help users download copyrighted content are. The MPAA argues that servers that host such sites are aware that they are making acts of copyright infringement possible, and should therefore be held liable.
A Musician make less than ten percent of the twenty dollars charged in the record stores for the cd that took 30¢ to a peice to make. The average movie makes over 100 times the cost. Files downloaded with bitTorrnent and other P2P software are done mostly free of charge. Greed? Who?
My question is, what is the difference between downloading a song off the net than recording it off the radio? What's the difference in downloading a movie off the net than recording it off the TV? The next step in Hollywood would be to make P2P software illegal therefore crimping, not only the development of the Internet, but technology in general. If they where able to succeed than Microsoft would have a case against the Free Software Foundation. And such Open source projects as Linux, which Microsoft claims is costing the multi-billion dollar company billions of dollars a year.
Free is a matter of freedom! Greed is a matter of power.
TTFN
Zymosius
1 Comments:
For some reason they don't look at it that way. To me it's kinda' like reading a good book and than giving it to your friend to read. Isn't that what our parents always taught us -to share. :)
TTFN
Jon
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