Musicians Lobby Supreme Court To Spare File-Sharing Services

A group of prominent musicians is urging the US Supreme Court not to crack down on file-sharing services. “Musicians are not universally united in opposition to peer-to-peer file sharing as the major records companies claim. To the contrary, many musicians find peer-to-peer technology . . . allows them easily to reach a worldwide online audience. And to many musicians, the benefits of this . . . strongly outweigh the risks of copyright infringement.”