Legal Opinion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster Ltd.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided September 27, 2006No. CV0108541SVWPJWX, CV0109923SVWPJWXPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LIABILITY AGAINST DEFENDANT STREAMCAST NETWORKS, INC. [1070]; ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT STREAMCAST NETWORK, INC.’S, MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE PURSUANT TO RULE 56(f) [1123]
WILSON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In October 2001, Plaintiffs—a group of record companies, movie studios, and music publishers—filed a single-count complaint against Defendants Grokster Ltd, (“Grokster”), Consumer Empowerment BV, and the corporate predecessors of StreamCast Networks, Inc. (“Stream-Cast”). The complaint alleged that Defendants’ file-sharing software…
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