In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Grokster decision, file-sharing service Grokster today shut down its P2P file-sharing service. The Grokster web site today had the following notice posted:
“The United States Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that using this service to trade copyrighted material is illegal. Copying copyrighted motion picture and music files using unauthorized peer-to-peer services is illegal and is prosecuted by copyright owners. There are legal services for downloading music and movies. This service is not one of them. Grokster hopes to have a safe and legal service available soon.”
Citing an unnamed executive, the Wall Street Journal stated that Grokster will launch again under new corporate parentage within 60 days with a fee-based service that traffics in only unauthorized content.
Needless to say, the Recording Industry of America is ecstatic. “This is a chapter that ends on a high note for the recording industry, the tech community and music fans and consumers everywhere,” Mitch Bainwol, head of the Recording Industry Association of America said.
Cynthia Brumfield at 3:31 PM|Comments(1)
this sucks how could p2p be a crime.
Posted by: criminal records at November 7, 2005 8:44 PM
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