Record labels sue SourceForge

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/sppf_sues_four_us_p2p_companies/

by kirubakaran • 18 years ago

13 9 18 years ago

theregister.co.uk

It's articles like this that make me unable to properly convey how much I love watching big labels collapse and die.

Timothee• 18 years ago

1. It's suing over software used to share files, not software that breaks or circumvent DRM. So, as the article says why not internet browsers, email clients, etc.?

2. I'm confused as to what a French law can do to Sourceforge and the others.

Being French, I feel kind of embarassed by that... I hope it ends up well.

kirubakaran• 18 years ago

> Being French, I feel kind of embarrassed by that

While I understand how you feel, you have to realize that all of us will be severely depressed if we feel guilty for the actions of our countrymen.

jmatt2• 18 years ago

Well it looks like the labels have given up on attacking their customers (probably a good idea... /sigh) in favor of attacking suppliers. I think SourceForge would probably be at the bottom of my list of businesses I'd sue. If you sue them the FSF and any number of lawyers associated with open source code will be there to their aid.

So, as the article says why not internet browsers, email clients, etc.?

I am sure that is next... which court will allow it is the real question?

ig1• 18 years ago

Sourceforge isn't some tiny non-profit that needs the help of EFF, etc. Sourceforge is a massive business with 50 million/year in revenue.

cabalamat• 18 years ago

The lesson is: host your P2P app on Google Code, the music industry probably don't have the balls to sue Google.

fugue88• 18 years ago

They better ban all birds, too, then (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149).

gommm• 18 years ago

And this is why I'm happy not to live anymore in my own country (france)...

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