Vitanuova for 2003 April 26 (entry 3)

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In a rare moment of good news on copyright law, MusicCity and Grokster were held not to be subject to secondary liability for copyright infringement based on their publication of file-sharing software; the court reaffirmed the Betamax doctrine and recognized that software publishers are like VCR and photocopier manufacturers.

I worked on that case -- spending a whole day in a cage to protect others' freedom -- but most of the credit on our side goes to our lawyers, especially Fred von Lohmann. Congratulations!


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