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[Darknet] Index: Fellow bloggers helped inform my understanding of the digital culture wars, especially Dave Winer, Jeff Jarvis, Jay Rosen, Jenny Levine, Marc Canter, Rebecca Blood, Meg Hourihan, Evan Williams, David Sifry, Joi Ito, Jon Lebkowsky, Anil Dash, Mitch Kapor, Seth Finkelstein, Donna Wentworth, James Grimmelmann, Robert Scoble, Mark Cuban, Halley Suitt, David Rothman, Susan Mernit, Mary Hodder, Kevin Heller, Frank Field, Sheila Lennon, Denise Howell, Steve Rubel, Ben Edelman, Tim Jarrett, Derek Powazek, Christopher Lydon, Leonard Witt, Tim Porter, Morrie Johnston, Lisa Rein, Matt Haughey, John Patrick, Mitch Ratcliffe, Om Malik, Christian Crumlish, Ben Hammersley, Scott Matthews, Dave Farber and his mailing list, and countless others.

[chris . word] Mr. Bush, why do you want to take away my iPod and my Tivo?: Soul Plane” DVD that you recently purchased at Wal-Mart.... In case you were wondering. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the MGM v. Grokster case. What is this, you may ask? Well, it might very well be the case that kills devices like

[Blogmaverick.com] Let the truth be told”¦MGM vs Grokster - Blog Maverick - www ...: whoopie and all that for EFF, but there's a point being missed here, Mark states, " software doesnt steal content, people steal content", i guess this is the same way that "guns dont kill people, people kill people", so rather than stopping innovation on gun creation, the same guns that are used for killing people, we legislate against/for people after they have used a gun and ended a life (animal or otherwise).

[Digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com] MGM vs. Grokster Begins Oral Arguments Before Supremes - The ...: The day saw pointed and encouragingly knowledgeable questioning from the justices of MGM’s arguments. In particular, the damage to technological innovation implied by MGM’s desire to shut down file-sharing companies for the infringements of its users was stressed by the court.

 [Arstechnica.com] Supreme court decision looms in MGM v. Grokster, Rush fights the power: As well they should be, as tons of tech companies including Intel have filed "friend of the court" briefs stating that a finding for MGM will stifle innovation and hurt US tech leadership. That the justices themselves understand this danger is evidenced by the following exchange, on the subject of MGM's proposed "substantial non-infringing use" test for the legality of any technology:

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