[IP] Godwin's Reason column on Grokster decision

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Andy Oram <andyo@oreilly.com>
Date: June 29, 2005 12:00:45 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@well.com>
Subject: Godwin's Reason column on Grokster decision


If intent is now a consideration in determining whether a
technology is illegal, where does that leave an idealist
such as Freenet's Ian Clarke, who announced that his
pioneering P2P technology "permits the publication,
replication, and retrieval of data while protecting the
anonymity of both authors and readers." Seems like, once
again, private companies can force policies that governments
legally could not.

Andy


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