Comments on: Grokster and StreamCast lose http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/06/grokster-and-streamcast-lose.html A research blog tracking copyright related policy & technology developments in Japan. By Andreas Bovens. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:59:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Alx http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/06/grokster-and-streamcast-lose.html/comment-page-1#comment-324 Alx Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:37:57 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2005/06/grokster-and-streamcast-lose.html#comment-324 After reading the opinion, I didn't see much for the content industry to be happy about. Still, lawyers, lobbyists, and easily-swayed mouthpieces pronounced victory. See that Monday's Daily Variety: "Grokster Tuned Out: High court puts the unanimous kibosh on file sharing." uh, wrong. The lawyers who worked on the case had to be thrilled though, because defeat would have been embarrassing and because they would have played little part in the industry's next move: new legislation. But the lawyers and lobbyists look like the only winners here. After reading the opinion, I didn’t see much for the content industry to be happy about. Still, lawyers, lobbyists, and easily-swayed mouthpieces pronounced victory. See that Monday’s Daily Variety: “Grokster Tuned Out: High court puts the unanimous kibosh on file sharing.” uh, wrong.

The lawyers who worked on the case had to be thrilled though, because defeat would have been embarrassing and because they would have played little part in the industry’s next move: new legislation. But the lawyers and lobbyists look like the only winners here.

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