Well, operators of the largest bit torrent tracker Pirate Bay have been found guilty of violating copyright.
David Lane at the Linux Journal argues that by providing a search interface, they’ve just been proven guilty of. . .indexing. Could Lexis/Nexis follow? Probably not, but never doubt that the mere organization and access of information has ramifications that are larger than we thought.
An interesting take on a complicated matter.
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