iPOD A CONTRIBUTORY P2P INFRINGER?
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, July 8, 2004 at 10:07 am
iPOD'rs WATCH OUT -- CONGRESS WANTS YOUR TUNES
Funny article on Motley Fool concerning Congress' recent moves to strengthen copyright laws to go after peer to peer (P2P) downloaders. The Fool's 'rant' takes on a misleading headline from USA Today that stated "Copyright bill poses threat to iPod's future." While the legislation arguably covers Apple's iPOD product -- the intent of the legislation is to stop the illegal filesharing of music, sofware etc. -- not stop the sale of a product that has substantial non-infringing uses.
Best line from the Motley Fool:
After all, the screaming from Web junkies was audible from my house.
People love their iPods.