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THE distributor of file-swapping giant Kazaa welcomed a US court's ruling that two of its rivals are not legally liable for the songs, movies and other copyright works shared online by their users.
Among other reasons for its landmark ruling Thursday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Grokster and StreamCast Networks were not responsible because they don't have central servers pointing users to copyright material.
Nikki Hemming - chief executive officer of Sharman Networks, the Sydney-based company that distributes the immensely popular Kazaa peer-to-peer, or P2P, software - hailed the ruling as "a fantastic result for the peer-to-peer community. This ruling reinforces similar decisions in other courts around the world that P2P is legal".
She called on the entertainment industry to "stop litigating and start partnering with us. Legislation is not the answer, commercialisation of P2P is".
Rod Dorman, lead trial counsel for Sharman Networks in the US, said in a statement that Sharman would now seek a US court ruling that the Kazaa software is legal.
Interesting news for the future of file sharing.
 News source: AustralianIT
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