Oral arguments in the landmark case of MGM v. Grokster legal battle were heard before the Supreme Court of the United States March 29. In the case, 28 entertainment companies have joined together to sue StreamCast , maker of Morpheus software, and Grokster. The landmark Betamax decision of 1984 ( Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios ) is the most relevant U.S. case law in this matter (note: the precedent Betamax case supports the legality of P2P netowrks). A decision in the MGM v. Grokster case could either affirm Betamax, or overturn it. This is the case that essentially created the VCR market in America for distributing movies at home, and so in this modern technologically updated version, there are billions of dollars in future revenues now at stake.
Oral arguments in the landmark case of MGM v. Grokster legal battle were heard before the Supreme Court of the United States March 29. In the case, 28 entertainment companies have joined together to sue , maker of Morpheus software, and Grokster. The landmark decision of 1984 ( ) is the most relevant U.S. in this matter (note: the precedent Betamax case supports the legality of P2P netowrks). A decision in the case could either affirm Betamax, or overturn it. This is the case that essentially created the VCR market in America for distributing movies at home, and so in this modern technologically updated version, there are billions of dollars in future revenues now at stake.
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StreamCast
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Betamax
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Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios
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MGM v. Grokster