
Wednesday March 30, 2005
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Grokster Case Unfolds
You may want to read this Washington Post report of the Court's deliberations on the Grokster case or the little WSJ primer on the same case as it unfolds before the Supreme Court. (Unfortunately, The Wall Street Journal requires paid registration. However, the Washington Post reports can be obtained with a free registration.)
Some useful links to court documents:
Main documents
District court ruling
Appeals court ruling
Complaint from movie studios
Complaint from record lables
Response from Grokster and Streamcast
Briefs supporting the studios
Americans for Tax Reform
MLB, NBA, NFL
Christian Coalition, others
Napster, Movielink, CinemaNow
State attorneys general
Justice Department
Recording artists: Eagles, Sheryl Crow, others
Briefs supporting Grokster and Streamcast
Consumer Electronics Association
ACLU
American Conservative Union
Sixty professors of intellectual property law
Sharman Networks (Kazaa)
Computing Industry Association
Recording artists: Chuck D, Heart, others
The case will determine the extent of support that the law is willing to give to a whole class of innovations in communications technologies that may revolutionize the way networks are used on a social level.
Copyrights,
Law,
Internet,
Kazaa,
P2P,
File Sharing,
Supreme Court.
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