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Grokster was a peer-to-peer (P2P) software company. P2P allows users to search the files of other users (“peers”) connected to the service, and illegally copy any desired copyrighted movie or song from the available files.
MGM Studios filed suit against Grokster, arguing that the company should be held liable for encouraging its users to break copyright law.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that Grokster was indeed liable for copyright infringement. In one accompanying opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote, “Deliberate unlawful copying is no less an unlawful taking of property than garden-variety theft.”
Downloading copyrighted material without appropriate authorization has always been illegal. The Supreme Court reinforced this fact in the strongest terms.
Furthermore, companies that encourage their customers to steal copyrighted material can now also be held accountable.
- The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) released the following statement by Dan Glickman, President and CEO, regarding the case heard today by the United States Supreme Court, MGM v. Grokster (MS Word Format)
- MOTION PICTURE AND MUSIC COMPANIES FILE BRIEF FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF GROKSTER, MORPHEUS CASE
- UNPRECEDENTED COALITION OF CREATIVE ARTISTS, PRIVATE PROPERTY ADVOCATES, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, U.S. GOVERNMENT, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, FAMILY GROUPS, AND DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES AND COPYRIGHT OWNERS ASK SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN APPEALS COURT FILE SHARING RULING
- Grokster Petitioner's Filed Brief
- MGM v. Grokster - Brief for Motion Picture Studio and Recording Company Petitioners
- Summaries of Briefs in MGM v. Grokster
- MGM v. Grokster - Brief of the Video Software Dealers Alliance
- MGM v. Grokster - Brief of the Business Software Alliance
- MGM v. Grokster - Brief of Copyright Holders
- MGM v. Grokster - Brief of States In Support Of Petitioners
- MPAA STATEMENT ON 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL'S DECISION ON GROKSTER (MS Word Format)
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