Times flies huh ?
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14908474.htmA year after the Supreme Court's landmark Grokster decision -- which set out to curb online theft of music and movies -- illegal-file sharing is as popular as ever even as Silicon Valley technologists and Hollywood moguls continue their awkward embrace.
The court's unanimous decision that Internet file-sharing services can be sued if they encourage people to use their sophisticated software to steal copyrighted material was hailed as a victory by the entertainment world.
But the ruling, which also detailed protections for technology companies, hasn't stopped the lawsuits and acrimony between the two sides. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) continues to file lawsuits against tech companies
Peer-to-peer file-sharing companies are not ``consuming all the digital oxygen in the marketplace,'' said Mitch Bainwol, chief executive of the RIAA, whose members saw CD sales plummet 30 percent after Napster's 1999 launch. ``The legal marketplace is getting some traction, and that is a basis for our hope in the future.''
Technologists, though, don't see dragging file-sharing companies into court as the answer.
I hope Mitch and chums can see we as a network are still here and growing stronger each day, like an ant colony, winmx users will continue to engage in peaceful social interaction and trading of their own files, the music industry do not own everyones talent and their lame attempts to force artists to sign with major lables by closing the private distribution networks is really what closing P2P networks is all about.
Cheers to all the users who have stood firm in holding the front against the commercialy superior enemy, rest happy each night knowing that they cant dampen our spirit unless we allow them to, VIVA WINMX
