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Originally Posted by Shaggy
It does? Which US law?
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It is considered contributory (or authorizing) copyright infringement, and it has been upheld in court, such as with Gershwin Publishing Corp vs Columbia Artists Managment, Inc. It was a major factor in the Grokster case.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
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Well, that is how it gets used, but doesn't mean stuff gets used in correctly. I mean, look at the term hacker. News media misused it, it spread, and now more people know it as how the news media used it, and not the original meaning. It used to just be someone who made things behave in a way other than what the original intended use was.