walkman - 8:05 pm on May 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

and the real winners are.......:

"Google Case Spells Windfall For Lawyers"
"For the firms, high-profile equals high fees. If litigated, the case would rack up hundreds of millions in legal charges, according to litigation consultants"
[forbes.com...]

>> They really want this fight. They need the DMCA safe harbor provisions for this other little business they run called a search engine.

I am not a lawyer, but this case seems--at best--too close to be used as a precedent. Google is risking a lot, if this is their strategy