BryanP
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The Supreme Court ruled against the P2P service/software "Grokster" today. Read about it here:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/grokster/index.htm
Here's what caught my eye:
Could this be re-interpreted to affect the gun manufacturers? With a little word substitution:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/grokster/index.htm
Here's what caught my eye:
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright ... is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses," Justice David Souter wrote in the ruling.
Could this be re-interpreted to affect the gun manufacturers? With a little word substitution:
"One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to harm others ... is liable for the resulting acts of harm by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses,"