Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to Voyager2K2
Re: Grokster decision will be Usenets downfall The difference being that Usenet is an actual established company, that doesn't depend on ad revenue to fund their business. Meaning they can afford to continue to pay their lawyers.
All Mp3's aren't protected by copyrights, which I would assume would be a fair argument against the RIAAs assertation. Not sure what else the RIAA could stand on after that. |
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| Usenet.com is toast. And the **aa's will get a monster size win of $100,000,000.00 in a few years. Then they will go after all the deep pocket facilitators for past damages even if they have since stopped facilitating, including AT&T who will settle for something way north of a few thousand dollars. This will have a much bigger impact on their efforts than any win from some poor indian woman P2Per. That kind of win will spur other countries to sieze bank accounts of newsgroup providers in their country. This case has the potential to cripple the whole file sharing idea and squeeze it into the shrinking parts of the world where they think it is safe. Content is going to be nose diving after such a win because of fear of hosting and excess hassle dealing with it. I am the guru on the mountain. Might as well bend over now because I see it all coming like a freight train. |
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| Keep your gerbils in your own pants Mr Guru!
Usenet isn't going anywhere, theres too much involved to take her down.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to Anomus
I'd put you on ignore if I could... |
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