] When courts intervene to maintain copyright's balance,
] the inevitable consequence is that innovation is harmed.
] If every innovator with technologies affecting content
] must bear the burden of a lawsuit before his innovation
] can be allowed, there will be many fewer innovations in
] the distribution and creation of content. That in turn
] will harm artists and technologists alike. Better to let
] the innovation happen, and then consider whether the
] change caused by the innovation is so significant as to
] require new legislation by the legislature.

FT | Lessig on Morpheus/Grokster case