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Godwin's Reason column on Grokster decision
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:43:59 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic () well com> Date: June 28, 2005 7:52:43 AM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Godwin's Reason column on Grokster decision Dave,My quick-and-dirty analysis of the Grokster case, its significance and longterm meaning, is up at the Reason Online site at http:// www.reason.com/hod/mg062705.shtml .
Excerpt --Don't Stop Grokkin': Apparent MGM v. Grokster slamdunk is really a mixed bag
"... As a technical matter the content companies won MGM v. Grokster; the decision remands the case to a trial court for further factfinding as to whether defendants "induced" infringement. But it's clear that they didn't win anything like what they had been asking the Supremes for-a rule that would penalize any company that made money off a product widely used for infringement, regardless of what the company intended. And though the technical companies and consumer groups are troubled by the outcome in this case, there's still much to encourage them...."
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