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This is such bullshit. I had an argument with a close friend of mine (in the music industry) where he argued that the creators of P2P technology (perfectly lega
by MatthewB 15y ago
This is such bullshit. I had an argument with a close friend of mine (in the music industry) where he argued that the creators of P2P technology (perfectly legal) should be responsible for anyone's implementation of that software.
I don't understand this logic at all and it prevents innovation. It is like saying car manufacturers should be responsible if someone commits a crime in a car.
I took a quick look at the law suit PDF and I haven't heard of any of the rappers...looks like they're just trying to get a couple bucks because obviously their music career didn't pan out.
- crikli 15y agoThe logic isn't without precedent; it found attorneys trying to sue gun makers for liability based on crimes committed using their products.
- wdewind 15y agoThose cases are usually based on more than the fact that the manufacturer (or in this case the better analogy is a gun store) created (or sold) the actual gun. For instance I can think of one case where the makers of the Tek-9 were sued using the fact that they advertised that it had a "fingerprint resistant surface."
- ltamake 15y agoExactly. This is also scary because this means that record labels could sue you just for /having/ a LimeWire install file.
- biot 15y agoOr a web browser.