Yours for Keeps: MGM v. Grokster

Authors

Max Oppenheimer, University of Baltimore School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2005

Abstract

In MGM v. Grokster, now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, all parties have made the assumption that most P2P file transfers infringe copyrights. Two theories contradict that assumption: a significant number of individuals who transfer files over P2P networks may have a license to do so, and the Copyright Act itself may exempt the transfer of certain categories of entertainment files over P2P networks from the definition of infringement.

Recommended Citation

Yours For Keeps: MGM v. Grokster, 23 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 209 (2005)