] A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning ] court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast ] Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record ] industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two ] companies. ] "Defendants distribute and support software, the ] users of which can and do choose to employ it for ] both lawful and unlawful ends," Wilson wrote in his ] opinion, released Friday. "Grokster and StreamCast ] are not significantly different from companies that ] sell home video recorders or copy machines, both of ] which can be and are used to infringe copyrights." Wow! Good news! Judge: File-swapping tools are legal | CNET News.com |