The Toronto Star features a special edition of my Law Bytes column (HTML backup version, freely available hyperlinked version; Toronto Star reg. version) reflecting on Monday's Grokster decision. I argue that while the highest court in the U.S. unanimously ruled that two file sharing services, Grokster and Streamcast, can be sued for actively encouraging copyright infringement by their users, the decision is not the clear cut win its supporters suggest.
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Reflecting on Grokster
The Toronto Star features a special edition of my Law Bytes column (freely available hyperlinked version; Toronto Star reg. version) reflecting on Monday's Grokster decision. I argue that while the highest court in the U.S. unanimously ruled that two file sharing services, Grokster and Streamcast, can be sued for actively encouraging copyright infringement by their users, the decision is not the clear cut win its supporters suggest.
Grokster and the Future of P2P
As many readers will have heard, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Grokster earlier today (Souter opinion, Ginsburg concurrence, Breyer concurrence).
I'm participating in a discussion of the decision at the Wall Street Journal online (free access for roundtable). My initial take and posting is:
The OECD on P2P and Record Sales
The OECD this morning released a much anticipated study on digital music. The study, which is worth reading just for the detailed review of online music services and statistical review of music sales, contains some important conclusions about the impact of P2P on record sales. In short, the study concludes […]
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