Good point, to be fair, I never really used LimeWire enough to see what they did or didn't do in regards to promoting piracy. Mostly, I'm terrified for what type of case-law is going to come out of this. Even for people who think that LimeWire did deserve what it got, I really don't think there should be precedent for holding software creators/manufacturers accountable for the crimes committed by unrelated individuals from all over the world. Things are bad enough for businesses without making it their responsibility to act as law-enforcement.

Actually, by that logic (and case law saying that you can't sue gun manufacturers for crimes committed by people who bought their guns) LimeWire shouldn't have been liable to begin with, never-mind CNET. At most, they should have gotten into trouble for not trying to mitigate the piracy and even that would be pushing it in my opinion. Not that it matters. Of course, the RIAA has more close friends in the government than Charlie Sheen has drugs, so I'm not exactly surprised that the court didn't come to the same conclusion in this case.

Agreed. Anyone who really thinks this is about protecting their work is either a fool or terribly naive.

Yeah, same here. Why are the evil entities the one with the most power?

Weird question anymore. Maybe? Wouldn't be amazed if the hacker who did it was one of them. They certainly helped to enable the attack. Doesn't mean Sony isn't stupid for not taking better care of their customers. So glad I never got that PS3 but some of my friend's aren't so lucky. They can't even find out what information was specifically on there and in danger.