bluetailfly3
01-24-2004, 03:08 AM
Source: CyberGrass (http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=176)
In an odd twist of the legal system, U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson in Los Angeles gave the OK for Sharman Networks, the owner of the Kazaa file sharing P2P program, to proceed with their copyright infringement suit against the media cartels. Sharman has been the target of the record companies because their software can be used to share copyrighted materials.
The problem is that the media cartels have been using the Kazaa software in violation of the license rights and thus are themselves in copyright violation. The media companies have been using the Kazaa software to invade personal privacy, promote corrupt data files and in other ways that are in direct violation of the license agreement.
Full Story Here (http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=176)
In an odd twist of the legal system, U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson in Los Angeles gave the OK for Sharman Networks, the owner of the Kazaa file sharing P2P program, to proceed with their copyright infringement suit against the media cartels. Sharman has been the target of the record companies because their software can be used to share copyrighted materials.
The problem is that the media cartels have been using the Kazaa software in violation of the license rights and thus are themselves in copyright violation. The media companies have been using the Kazaa software to invade personal privacy, promote corrupt data files and in other ways that are in direct violation of the license agreement.
Full Story Here (http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=176)