from the story: "A court in Dallas, Texas has found a website operator liable for copyright infringement because his site linked to an 'audio webcast' without permission. Observers have criticised the judge for failing to understand the internet."
the story is here: http://www.out-law.com/page-7686
in short:
- Party A puts files up on their web site and makes them public
- Party B links to file
- Party A sues Party B for linking to files
- judge, who doesn't understand how things work, rules that *copyright infringement* took place.
i don't know if the judgment will stand. if it does, i dont know how it could ever be enforced with other sites.