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  • Court Case Could Rewrite Copyright Rules

    03/29/2005 9:21:06 AM PST · by TommyDale · 158 replies · 2,085+ views
    Associated Press, via Yahoo News ^ | March 29, 2005 | TED BRIDIS, AP Technology Writer
    WASHINGTON - When the Supreme Court justices were growing up, swapping music meant exchanging vinyl records. And sharing a movie involved walking someone to the cinema. Today many of the latest hit songs and movies are a few mouse clicks away on the Internet, and those same justices are being asked to settle a multibillion-dollar dispute about how such items are shared. Entertainment companies want the court to let them sue the manufacturers of file-sharing software that allows computer users to download music and movies from each other's computers. The companies say such downloads violate copyright protections and amount to...