Thursday, March 03, 2005

The Industry Standard - Tech groups, lawyers speak out in Grokster case

The Industry Standard - Tech groups, lawyers speak out in Grokster case:
"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.

Groups filing briefs in support of Grokster Ltd. and Morpheus distributor StreamCast Networks Inc. argued that the movie industry's attempts to use courts to shut down the two P-to-P vendors would stop innovative new technologies from being introduced in the U.S. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the MGM v. Grokster case March 29."