High Court To Hear P2P Copyright Case

  • March 28, 2005
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday is scheduled to hear a case that could redefine the laws governing entertainment industry copyrights. The case, which was brought against online peer-to-peer file-sharing companies Grokster and StreamCast Networks by the major Hollywood studios, is going to the High Court after the Ninth Court of Appeals ruled in August that operators of such software were not liable for the copyright infringements of the people who use them. -- J.M.
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