Peer-to-Peer File Distribution: An Analysis of Design, Liability, Litigation, and Potential Solutions

In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc (MGM) v. Grokster Ltd, almost the entire film and audio entertainment world sued two peer-to-peer firms. All the major record labels and movie studios, and some smaller entertainment production houses, hoped on pursuing the Grokster litigation would result in an in...

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Published inThe Review of litigation Vol. 25; no. 1; p. 181
Main Author Miller, Seth A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Austin University of Texas, Austin, School of Law Publications, Inc 01.01.2006
Subjects
Amicus curiae
Attorneys general
Business models
Consumers
Copyright
Entertainment industry
File sharing
Infringement
Innovations
Internet
Litigation
Musical performances
Musicians & conductors
Peer to peer computing
Pornography & obscenity
Professional basketball
Professional sports
Supreme Court decisions
United States > US
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Summary:In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc (MGM) v. Grokster Ltd, almost the entire film and audio entertainment world sued two peer-to-peer firms. All the major record labels and movie studios, and some smaller entertainment production houses, hoped on pursuing the Grokster litigation would result in an injunction and the final US Supreme Court ruling holding the StreamCast and Sharman Networks ultimately liable for the users' copyright infringement. Miller presents an analysis of peer-to-peer litigation and it will discuss the US Supreme Court's holding in MGM v. Grokster.
ISSN:0734-4015