Reuters: Grokster: The court set aside an appellate decision and unanimously ruled that P2P nets can be held liable for illegal use. Justice David Souter: “We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright … is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties.”
“Brand X”: The justices rules 6-3 that cable broadband lines do not have to be opened to the competition, upholding FCC rules and overturning an appellate decision.
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