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                  “I'm suing myself because I sued myself.”

> MP3Board [1] is currently getting sued by the RIAA [2] for copyright
> infringement by distributing MP3s. MP3Board has turned around and sued AOL
> [3] because their subsidiary, Nullsoft [4] created Gnutella [5]. MP3Board
> wants AOL to share some of the liability for music piracy if MP3Board is
> found guilty. MP3Board's reasoning is that piracy wouldn't be happening as
> much if AOL's subsidiary hadn't created Gnutella.
>

Clari fication [6] on Slashdot story [7] about the ongoing shenanegans [8]
about MP3.

Need I say more?

[1] http://www.mp3board.com/
[2] http://www.riaa.com/
[3] http://www.aol.com/
[4] http://www.nullsoft.com/
[5] http://gnet.ath.cx/
[6] http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/08/22/1823236&cid=116
[7] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/1823236
[8] http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/nb/nb5.htm

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