Federal Judge Issues ruling Against RIAA
Judge Stephen Wilson, the U.S. Federal District Court Judge hearing a claim by the RIAA against filing sharing companies such as Gnutella, Grokster and Streamcast, issued a ruling on Friday in favor of peer-to-peer file sharing services. Judge Wilson expressly stated that decentralized peer-to-peer software, such as LimeWire, is legal. Judge Wilson equated the use of such software as usable for both legal and illegal purposes, similar to the manner in which video recorders and copy machines can be used to infringe copyrights. Judge Wilson also recognized that the peer-to-peer file sharing services are not the source of illegally placed MP3s onto networks, but rather are the acts of the network users.
LimeWire had filed an amicus brief in the case. Lime Wire LLC is a privately funded start-up company and employs a team of workers for Gnutella software development. The LimeWire file-sharing software (http://www.limewire.com) allows anyone to publish material on the Internet. LimeWare offers free software that is available for download at www.limewire.com/download .
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