[Ecommerce] All you want to read re Grokster

[Manon Ress]

The case will be heard before the Supreme Court of the United States on
March 29, 2005.

See EFF great page on Grokster:

http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/

The list of amicus briefs is huge:

Amicus Briefs Supporting Respondents

     * Brief of Computer Science Professors [PDF, 136K]
     * Brief of National Association of Shareholder and Consumer
Attorneys (NASCAT) [PDF, 72K]
     * Brief of National Venture Capital Association [PDF, 220K]
     * Brief of Creative Commons [PDF, 396K]
     * Brief of Malla Pollack and Other Law Professors [PDF, 200K]
     * Brief of Professors Edward Lee, Peter Shane, and Peter Swire
[PDF, 120K]
     * Brief of Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf [PDF, 600K]
     * Brief of Intel Corporation [PDF, 96K]
     * Brief of Internet Law Professors W. Fisher III, J. Zittrain and
J. Palfrey, Jr. [PDF, 336K]
     * Brief of the Consumer Electronics Association, the Computer and
Communications Industry Association, and the Home Recording Rights
Coalition [PDF, 388K]
     * Brief of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association,
US Telecom Association, US Internet Industry Association, AT&T,
BellSouth, MCI, SAVVIS, SBC, Sun Microsystems, and Verizon [PDF, 388K]
     * Brief of Professor Glynn Lunney and Other Law Professors [PDF, 196K]
     * Brief of Innovation Scholars and Economists [PDF, 339K]
     * Brief of 60 Technology Law Professors and USACM [PDF, 271K]
     * Brief of the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union,
Free Press, and Public Knowledge [PDF, 182K]
     * Brief of the Free Software Foundation and New Yorkers for Fair
Use [PDF, 121K]

Briefs of Petitioners (entertainment companies)

     * Brief for Motion Picture Studio and Recording Company Petitioners
[PDF 352K]
     * Brief for Songwriter and Music Publisher Petitioners [PDF 932K]

Amicus Briefs Supporting Petitioners

     * Brief of the Progress and Freedom Foundation [PDF 172K]
     * Brief of the United States Solicitor General's Office [PDF 112K]
     * Brief of the Business Software Alliance [PDF 156K]
     * Brief of Law Professors, Economics Professors and Treatise
Authors in Support of Petitioners
     * [PDF 188K] Brief of Kids First Coalition, Christian Coalition of
America, Concerned Women for America, et al in Support of Petitioners
     * [PDF 328K] Brief of Law and Economics Professors in Support of
Petitioners [PDF 56K]
     * Brief of the Defenders of Property Rights in Support of
Petitioners [PDF 60K]
     * Brief of State Attorneys General in Support of Petitioners [PDF 256K]
     * Brief of Commissioner of Baseball, NBA, NFL, Professional
Photographers of America, et al in Support of Petitioners [PDF 92K]
     * Brief filed by Napster, Movielink, CinemaNow, MusicNet et al.
     * Brief of the American Federation of Musicians of the United
States and Canada, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists,
Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, and Writers Guild of
America, West [PDF 840K]
     * Brief of International Rights Owners [PDF 252K]
     * Brief of National Association of Recording Merchandisers [PDF 80K]
     * Brief of Macrovision Corporation [PDF 1.4MB]
     * Brief of Professors Menell, Nimmer, Merges, and Hughes in Support
of Petitioners [PDF 104K]
     * Brief of National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS),
et al, in Support of Petitioners [PDF 28K]
     * Brief of ASCAP, BMI, et al in Support of Petitioners [PDF 60K]
     * Brief of Americans for Tax Reform in Support of Petitioners [PDF
184K]
     * Brief of the National Assoc. of Broadcasters (NAB) in Support of
Petitioners [PDF 1.4M]

Amicus Briefs Neutral as to Result

     * Brief of The Digital Media Association, Netcoalition, The Center
for Democracy and Technology, and the Information Technology Association
of America [PDF 196K]
     * Brief of Senators Leahy and Hatch in Support of Neither Party
[PDF 112K]
     * Brief of the American Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA) in Support of Vacatur and Remand [PDF 92K]
     * Brief of Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) Suggesting
Reversal [PDF 308K]
     * Brief of Professor Lee A. Hollaar in Support of Neither Party
[PDF 204K]
     * Brief of Audible Magic, Digimarc and Gracenote in Support of
Neither Party [PDF 72K]
     * Brief of IEEE-USA in Support of Neither Party [PDF 340K]
     * Brief of iMesh in Support of Neither Party [PDF 28K]
     * Brief of Snocap in Support of Neither Party [PDF 28K]


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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

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