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...Google Print Library Project on legal grounds since it was announced in December—say that Google’s decision to halt scanning until Nov. 1 does not go far enough, as Google still plans to eventually make copies of books without explicitly getting permission from copyright holders...
Fanning incorporated Snocap two weeks after the Supreme Court forced Napster into bankruptcy in September 2002 for facilitating copyright infringement. (Roxio bought the Napster name, and Fanning is no longer affiliated with it.) The June Supreme Court decision holding companies liable for illegal file sharing by their users suddenly gave the recording industry more negotiating leverage with illegal file-sharing services. And with more listeners eager to find legal ways to download music, Snocap offers a viable alternative...
...entrepreneur and her prospective investor now have to ask some new questions. Does her business model effectively induce others to violate copyright?” he asked on his website. “What kinds of advertisements would get her in trouble? What are the ‘reasonable’ steps that she needs to take to stop people from using her technology for infringing uses...
...decision precludes the need for congressional legislation against inducement to copyright infringement...
...Recording Industry Artists Association sued 11 Harvard students in April for violating copyright law, specifically mentioning i2hub, another file-sharing program...