Highlights from Computer Scientists' Brief in Grokster

I've seen a copy of a brief supporting affirmance by 17 computer science professors in MGM v. Grokster. Here are some choice quotes.

First, they take the opportunity to correct the DoJ:

[T]he United States' description of the Internet's design is wrong. [...] First, amici address statements in the United States' brief, see United States Br. at 2-3, that P2P design and file sharing are recent aberrations. To the contrary, they have been features of the Internet from its inception.

This is my favorite (the context is arguing that the decision not to include filtering for copyrighted works should not be dispositive):

In light of the astonishing usefulness of general purpose networks such as the telephone network and the Internet, a designer's decision not to include some function in the network should not, in itself, be seen as evidence of any particular intent.

UPDATE [2005-03-01 09:31:20]: This brief has 17 profs. not 40!