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The Supreme Court found that the software still could be liable under the inducement rule for potential infringement use, despite potential legal uses for practices such as exchanging research data, distributable educational materials and licensed files, and other public domain content.

Another implication of the decision is that technology producers - rather than the technology or software itself - is liable.

Critics have cited a variety of problems with the Court's written opinion in ''Grokster," including the vagueness of what the rule covers and does not cover. For instance, the Court writes, "The inducement rule, instead, premises liability on purposeful, culpable expression and conduct..." as a factor - some critics have stated that mass mp3 player distributors such as Apple could be theoretically held liable under this premise.