MGM v Grokster

This case is a big deal, and I have some hope that so called "content owners" will get punted from making technical decisions for the rest of the world. WP has a good synopsis. Section 8, Clause 8, US Constitution grants to Congress the power:

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries

All citzens please note, this does not mean protecting profits in the face of techological change. RA Heinlein [e.g.]:

There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute or common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.

UPDATE: Mark Cuban gets it"