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Beneath a pile of stuff on my desk, I found the October 2004 issue of Information Today open to “Who’s Responsible for Copyright Infringement?” George Pike outlines why agencies that enable people to abuse copyright law might be liable for copyright infringement, even if they discourage people from using their services and products for illegal activities. When someone knows about and materially contributes to an act, like allowing people breaking the law to use a file server, it’s contributory copyright liability. If the person or company benefits financially, it’s vicarious copyright liability. He explores several recent cases, too, like the situation with Napster.

The article doesn’t seem to be online.

Pike mentions KaZaA. Derek Slater on A Copyfighter’s Musings has a post about KaZaA today.

If I dig down deep enough, maybe I’ll find an article entitled “Who’s Responsible for this Mess?”

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