Breaking News

Sony Unveils Sony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS Creative Launches Aurvana Ace 3 GIGABYTE Announces Availability of 27” QHD 280Hz WOLED Gaming Monitor MO27Q28G with 4-Sided Borderless Design Crucial ® LPCAMM2 Powers AI-Ready Laptops With Breakthrough 8,533MT/s Speeds Logitech announces MX Master 4

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Morpheus fights entertainment industry appeal

Morpheus fights entertainment industry appeal

General Interest Sep 17,2003 0

StreamCast Networks, developer of the Morpheus peer-to-peer (P2P) software, today filed its brief in a closely-watched appeal that may determine how much copyright owners will control the development and use of new technologies. In April 2003, StreamCast and fellow P2P software maker Grokster won a landmark victory against 28 entertainment companies. A federal court declared that the entertainment companies could not shut down P2P software makers for the copyright infringements of P2P software users when the software has significant legitimate uses. Examples of legitimate uses include sharing the music of artists like Janis Ian and the many others who permit sharing of live music, the works of Shakespeare, NASA photographs, films in the Prelinger archive, and other public domain materials.

The court ruled that the Morpheus software was no different from a VCR or photocopier, relying on a 1984 Supreme Court decision determining that Sony could not be held responsible for copyright infringement by users of the Betamax VCR.

The entertainment companies have appealed the case to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

"MGM v. Grokster is about whether copyright owners have the right to veto new technologies and stifle innovation," said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann. "All innovators have a great deal at stake in the conflict over P2P software."

EFF, along with co-counsel Charles Baker of the Austin, TX firm of Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, and StreamCast in-house General Counsel Matthew A. Neco, represent StreamCast in the MGM v. Grokster case.

The court has not yet scheduled oral argument on the case.

Tags: EFF
Previous Post
CDRInfo Reviews Plextor PX-708A Dual DVD Recorder
Next Post
Pinnacle launches InstantCopy 8 CD/DVD burning software

Related Posts

  • EFF Launches Free Certificate Authority To Increase Encrypted Internet Traffic

  • EFF Tests Tool That Stops Ad Tracking

  • EFF Sues for Information on Electronic Surveillance Systems

  • MPAA Sues P2P Search Sites

  • Google Releases Desktop 3

  • Secret Code 'Traces Copies'

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation defends alleged filesharer

  • Why the RIAA's "Amnesty" offer is a sham

Latest News

Sony Unveils Sony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS
Cameras

Sony Unveils Sony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS

Creative Launches Aurvana Ace 3
Consumer Electronics

Creative Launches Aurvana Ace 3

GIGABYTE Announces Availability of 27” QHD 280Hz WOLED Gaming Monitor MO27Q28G with 4-Sided Borderless Design
Gaming

GIGABYTE Announces Availability of 27” QHD 280Hz WOLED Gaming Monitor MO27Q28G with 4-Sided Borderless Design

Crucial ® LPCAMM2 Powers AI-Ready Laptops With Breakthrough 8,533MT/s Speeds
Enterprise & IT

Crucial ® LPCAMM2 Powers AI-Ready Laptops With Breakthrough 8,533MT/s Speeds

Logitech announces MX Master 4
Enterprise & IT

Logitech announces MX Master 4

Popular Reviews

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard

Terramaster F8-SSD

Terramaster F8-SSD

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Mount Keyboard

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Light Base 600 LX

be quiet! Pure Base 501

be quiet! Pure Base 501

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Soundpeats Pop Clip

Akaso 360 Action camera

Akaso 360 Action camera

Dragon Touch Digital Calendar

Dragon Touch Digital Calendar

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed