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TUAW Reader Discussion on Grokster and Google Video
Every so often, now that we have a chatroom, I'm going to have little impromptu chatcasts with readers on different tech topics that affect the Mac community. This time around we talked about the Grokster decision, the RIAA, the MPAA, and Google's new video playback capabilities and their lack of a video client for the Mac.Here it is:CK TUAW: so what do you guys think about the Grokster ruling? Joe: ? CK TUAW: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/technology/27cnd- grokster.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1119898935-jDT/6cD8tbk7ycNTzY9DHw CK TUAW: the Supreme Court by a unanimous vote ruled against Grokster Joe: o mrbarrett: well... CK TUAW: basically saying that any file-sharing software that promotes pirating should be held accountable for its misuse by others ********** at 3:04 PM jx left the room Joe: yup it sucks CK TUAW: well....? mrbarrett: personally, I'm mixed. There are many legit uses for P2P networks...and I hope that P2P won't be harmed by this ruling Joe: don't kill bit torrent mrbarrett: but it's also clear that there are some companies, like Grokster, that were using P2P solely for illegal purposes mrbarrett: the ruling did seem to focus more on Grokster's misuse of the technology, rather than the technology itselfRead more after the jump...
