Supreme Court and Technology a Match Made in Heaven

http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/29/technology/scotus_filesharing/index.htm?cnn=yes

The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Grokster case. If you haven't read the Sony Betamax timeshifting case and are interested in the file sharing case currently being heard I'd highly recommend reading it. http://www.virtualrecordings.com/betamax.htm
The court actually came out with a highly controversial decision at the time that SONY could not be held liable for individuals using their Betamax machines to record copyrighted material from the television. Did this decision really hurt Video Sales? I think not... I essentially agree with the Grokster side of the case. They are arguing that the industry should embrace the new technology and work with the P2P networks to market their products and profit from the technology. I think sites like Napster (the new napster) and Apple Music and the popularity of the pay to download services show that people are willing to pay for the priviledge and that where legal dowload services are available people will use them.

That was my argument for using Napster for the longest time. I said if the industry would meet the demand and allow me to download MP3s I would gladly do it. Once they did of course I stopped using the P2P networks and started shopping at itunes, napster and Walmart.com. I even bought some Roxio stock to solidify my commitment.

Let's face it the technology is hear to stay, why not use it to make money instead of fighting it...

Perhaps the industry will have to go back in time to the fifties where everything was driven by singles and not LPs.... Would that be so bad...