Reply #30: Or sued because it is the internet?

[KurtNYC]

A radio station says they will play a certain song next. Listeners can cue up recording devices and record it. Why isn't the radio station guilty of facilitating that crime?

The telephone system is used for a variety of crimes - fraud, extortion, threats. Why aren't phone companies liable for their part of these crimes?

Kinko's has locations all over the country, some open 24 hours a day. Am I to believe that everything people take in there to copy is either a) public domain or b) something they own and are making a fair-use copy of?

A P2P netowrk has potentially legal uses - sharing of public domain files/music, distribution of political speech (in MP3 format), promotion of unsigned bands or by bands who make one song available to promote a new album or concert tour.