Control of IP

PC World's Christopher Breen has a nice article about an upcoming decision in a California district court regarding copyrights and the movie industry. It is a clear reminder of how important it is to control intellectual property, as evidenced by how tenaciously the movie industry wants to maintain that control. I hope RealNetworks is able to prevail in this case. It sounds like the movie industry wants to shut down RealNetworks' technology just because it is possible that it could be used for an illegal purpose. You do not outlaw hammers just because someone may use a hammer for an illegal purpose.