The US Supreme Court today ruled that software makers are to be held responsible for what their users do with their software. That’s just total bullcrap. The RIAA might as well sue Microsoft for creating an OS that allows users to download pirated music and movies. And why not sue AOL and Verizon for providing networks of which over 80% of the bandwidth is used for illegal file sharing? Heck, they should shut down Intel and AMD for making chips that allow users to build computers for file sharing. And while they’re at it, they should put out a warrant for your hand that’s operating the mouse you’re using to run software that could potentially be used to download illegal copies of digital media.

Right now I’m writing a web-based RSS feed service that will allow users to create webpages with RSS feeds from their own customized sources. Now, this could be used to gather illegal p2p (peer-to-peer) links from various websites and thus provide a web portal that can be used to download copyrighted material. Am I going to get fined or put in the slammer because users can use my software for illegal activites? You wouldn’t think so; but with those geniuses sitting on the Supreme Court, you never know.