Re:Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright i...
by GeekyBear on Sunday February 20, 2022 @05:57PM
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Napster was designed explicitly to enable copyright infringement.
Cloud storage is not.
A more valid comparison would have to involve the Supreme Court's ruling on VCRs, which could possibly be used for copyright infringement, but had substantial uses that were perfectly legal.
>The Court's 5–4 ruling to reverse the Ninth Circuit in favor of Sony hinged on the possibility that the technology in question had significant non-infringing uses, and that the plaintiffs were unable to prove otherwise.
Cloud storage is not.
A more valid comparison would have to involve the Supreme Court's ruling on VCRs, which could possibly be used for copyright infringement, but had substantial uses that were perfectly legal.
>The Court's 5–4 ruling to reverse the Ninth Circuit in favor of Sony hinged on the possibility that the technology in question had significant non-infringing uses, and that the plaintiffs were unable to prove otherwise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Unive...