After Grokster: why (almost) everything we're told about P2P is wrong | The Register

Andrew Orlowski at British site The Register makes some points about the Grokster / MGM case. Worth a read.

"Yesterday the Supreme Court made a narrow judgement on copyright liability. As Thomas C Greene reported, the Court affirmed the obvious, and bounced the issue back down to the lower courts, where it will be fought all over again. By doing so, the Judges were stating that the two sides are quite capable of sorting this matter out between them, that the established precedents need not be revisited (for example, Sony v Universal) and that the wisdom of their judgement will be called upon another day. Now get snappy. But the professional pundits and their pyjama-clad reflections in the "blogosphere" had been anxiously waiting for the Supremes' verdict for a week, with their explosive editorials primed and ready. And off they went, like lab monkeys on meths sniffing fresh air for the first time.

The result is today's deluge of incorrect, poorly informed and self-serving babble."

After Grokster: why (almost) everything we're told about P2P is wrong | The Register