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Okay, I realize the proper geek thing to do is to be in favor of it, but this ruling is just bollocks.

I cannot see a real difference between a library that places a photocopy machine in a room full of copyrighted material and a computer user that places a personal copy on a shared directory linked to a P2P service

Sigh... a reasonable analogy would be a library giving public access to a high speed printer connected to digitized versions of all their copyrighted holdings. Which you don't see them doing, as it would be a clear violation of copyright law.