It's a hectic week, so I haven't been really keeping up with the news, unfortunately. There's a lot of Twitter stuff going on, from Twittering at Obama's Speech to today's a speech by Google's CEO slamming Twitter. I've also been meaning to talk about review sites for a while, with some good news and some terribly terribly bad and unethical. Not that people take them too seriously.
So, click those links to tide you over; our main story today is an update on TPB Trial. The Pirate Bay trial is over, but no decision will be given until April. Suffice to say, there is a lot of political maneuvering, and while TPB guys have been rather snarky and stand-offish, they are technically still "legally" correct - I hope the court doesn't find them guilty for political purposes (especially considering what a poor job the prosecution did).
Honestly, it's hard to get a judge on who is right. I feel like TPB is right in this case, but it truly might be because their lawyers were LIGHTYEARS ahead of the prosecution's. It's like a fight between Galactcus and The Wasp.
... he eats PLANETS. So, that's not too extreme.
Anyways, the big thing in this trial is finding out whether a site host can be held accountable for User generated content. Hint: You probably want The Pirate Bay to win this trial - what the IFPI is doing seems short sighted. If a company has like a user-generated viral video in the future that is inexplicably racist or something, can they get sued for it? If they win, the answer should be yes.
For those that haven't been following along, here are all the links on this blog that may be useful: 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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Ooh i've heard of Goodrec before..still "Legally" correct haaha. Good job with the constant TPB trial updates!
ReplyDeleteIt's in quotes because the crux of this debate is "What is legal in this case." I fully believe TPB is right; everything they've ever done has been in accordance with the law (though they mock companies that complain, it's still legal - just kind of mean and childish)
ReplyDeleteWhat the record and movie companies are trying to do is make it illegal to have a website that hosts any material like this, unless they get a cut (like with YouTube). It's not really a fight over what's fair, it's a fight over greed.