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    Expert: Supreme Court copyright ruling invites chaos 19/03/2007 08:05:53

    The 2005 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Grokster v. MGM case is partly responsible for Viacom's dispute with Google ending up in court, an expert on copyright law said in a Sunday opinion piece in The New York Times newspaper.
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    Taiwan court fines P-to-P operator, orders CEO to jail 12/09/2005 08:35:17

    Just a few months after clearing one company of charges related to its peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file-sharing software, a Taiwanese court on Friday ordered executives at another one to pay fines and serve up to three years in jail.
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    Life after Grokster: Music CEO asks for tech help 23/08/2005 08:11:00

    Technology and entertainment companies need to put aside past differences on how to address file-sharing using peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software and work together on ways to protect digital content such as music and movies, the head of a major music label said Monday.
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    Feature: Copyright crackdown 02/08/2005 10:18:17

    The record industry has been targeting online music sharing for years, but now it has undertaken a new war -- against "casual piracy."
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    Kazaa-owner welcomes file-sharing decision 29/06/2005 09:10:59

    Sharman Networks, the Australian company that owns the Kazaa file-sharing software, said Tuesday that it welcomes a US Supreme Court decision regarding file-sharing software that was announced a day earlier and has been widely interpreted as a victory for the entertainment industry.
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    US Supreme Court rules against Grokster 28/06/2005 09:23:02

    Grokster and StreamCast Networks can be held liable for copyright infringements committed by users of their peer-to-peer file-sharing software, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The decision in the case Grokster v. MGM is a major win for the motion picture and recording industries, which took the case to the nation's highest court after losses in lower courts.
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    Supreme court standards for peer-to-peer 13/04/2005 10:31:49

    Although some people may not like it, copyright laws and regulations exist. Those who engage in mass copying and distribution of copyrighted works typically must pay licensing fees, or at least enter into an agreement with the owner of the content. That makes the free, unauthorized trading of massive numbers of music or video files over peer-to-peer networks illegal.
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    Tech groups, lawyers speak out in Grokster case 02/03/2005 12:09:48

    A group of technology trade groups, consumer advocates and lawyers filed more than 20 briefs Tuesday in support of peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software vendors facing a U.S. Supreme Court showdown with the movie industry later this month.
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    Supreme Court to hear Grokster case 11/12/2004 17:10:23

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case focusing on whether peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software vendors should be penalized for unauthorized file trading when their software is used.
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    MPAA asks Supreme Court to rule on P-to-P cases 11/10/2004 10:00:15

    Representatives for the music and movie industries have filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision in which companies that enable peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file trading networks were absolved of liability for copyright violations by users of those networks.
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    Appeals court holds Grokster not liable 23/08/2004 09:16:19

    A US federal appeals court ruled in favor of peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software makers Thursday, stating that the companies behind the Grokster and Morpheus services are not liable for copyright infringement due to the actions of their users.
 
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