07/12/2005
The Supreme Court Decision in MGM v. Grokster
The Court adopts an inducement theory of contributory copyright infringement liability and preserves the Sony "substantial noninfringing use" doctrine in certain circumstances
The United States Supreme Court recently issued its much-anticipated decision in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.,Litigation No. 04-480, 545 U.S. __, 2005 WL 1499402, 2005 U.S. LEXIS 5212 (June 27, 2005).
[2] The brief was authored by Michael Traynor and Matthew D. Brown of the San Francisco office, Lori Ploeger of the Palo Alto office, Nathan K. Cummings of the Reston office, and Orion Armon of the Colorado office.
[3] 380 F.3d 1154 (9th Cir. 2004).
[4] 464 U.S. 417 (1984).
[5] No. 04-480, slip op. at 11, 2005 WL 1499402, at *9, 2005 U.S. LEXIS 5212, at *27-28.