Legal Opinion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2004No. 03-55894, 03-55901, 03-56236PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether distributors of peer-to-peer file-sharing computer networking software may be held contributorily or vicariously liable for copyright infringements by users. Under the circumstances presented by this case, we conclude that the defendants are not liable for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement and affirm the district court’s partial grant of summary judgment.
I. Background
From the advent of the player piano, every new means of reproducing sound has struck a dissonant chord with musical copyright owners, often…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Deepsouth Packing Co. v. Laitram Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by30 opinions
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