Decius wrote:
I might suggest waiting for the EFF to announce their take on things. I haven't read the decision yet and the devil is in the details...
They may have gotten what they wanted already.

I agree. From the sources I have been reading, this seems like a reasonably well structured result. Having the three concurring opinions, it sounds like the decision is structured on the intent. And intent is a giant loophole. It means that unless you have very good counsel, don't write memos, email, or ad copy around what bad things could be done with your technology. Verbally insist on only doing good with technology, and you won't have to retain great lawyers before a small release.

That is, if we wanted a stronger ruling, Grokster and Kazaa were really bad poster companies.

And I agree with the EFF that we're probably better off with a result like this than a strong opinion in either direction (considering the resources stacked against us if it had gone very badly or very well).

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