Gnutella Forums - Supreme Court decision

Gnutella Forums (https://www.gnutellaforums.com/)

- General P2P Network Discussion (https://www.gnutellaforums.com/general-p2p-network-discussion/)

- - Supreme Court decision (https://www.gnutellaforums.com/general-p2p-network-discussion/35741-supreme-court-decision.html)

Supreme Court decision

In case anyone is interested in the details of what the Supreme Court is considering tomorrow, 29 Mar 04, about P2P sharing networks I'm providing a link to a website that's providing a brief and cogent summary of this case.

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/c...480.html#issue

Look at the list of parties contributing, for-or-against!

Intel
ACLU
Sixty Intellectual Property and Technology Law Professors, et al.
(UC Berkeley Law School)
other groups of Media Studies, Computer Science, Law Professors ...
Creative Commons
Computing Industry Association
Consumer Federation of America
Napster LLC
Roxio, Inc.
Commissioner of Baseball ?!
etc...

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/04-480.htm

NO MGM v. Grokster decision yet... check back in June!

Quote:

MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. (04-0480) is a United States Supreme Court case among a consortium of 28 of the largest entertainment companies (led by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios) and P2P file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast (maker of Morpheus).

The case has been called the most important intellectual property case in decades. Oral arguments were held on March 29, 2005, and a decision is anticipated by the end of the court's session in June.

Computer and Internet technology companies such as Intel, Yahoo! and Microsoft have filed amicus curiæ [friends of the court] briefs in support of the file sharing companies, while the RIAA and MPAA have both sided with MGM. Billionaire Mark Cuban has said that he will finance Grokster's fight before the Supreme Court ...

Significance

This case is frequently characterized as a re-examination of the issues in the Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios case that protected VCR manufacturers from liability for contributory infringement. MGM wants makers of file sharing technology held liable for their users' copyright infringments...

Interesting... Updates here ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_v._Grokster