Monday, June 27, 2005
BREAKING: US Supreme Court Rules Against P2P
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "NEWS" @ 08:16 AM
"In a long-awaited decision that could have stark repercussions for P2P networks, the United States Supreme Court on Monday gave record labels and movie studios a green light to sue file-sharing services such as Grokster and Morpheus, which maintained they were not responsible for the actions of their users. The Court rejected arguments saying such lawsuits could quell the spread and growth of new digital video and audio devices, instead siding with companies holding the rights to copyrighted work. The ruling means that the case against Grokster is sent back to the lower court, which had previously ruled that file sharing companies could not be held liable for copyright infringement. According to the Supreme Court, there is enough evidence for the case to go to trial."
This is appropos of the discussion from earlier today. Reactions?
This is appropos of the discussion from earlier today. Reactions?
