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Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Is Sling Media yet another P2P file-sharing company such as Napster, Grokster, Kazaa? Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield looks at what's accelerating that trend and giving businesses easy remote access to video. [24 Oct 2007]
YouTube vs Viacom: 'It's about free speech' - Google
News Comparisons to peer-to-peer file sharing networks Grokster and Napster, which found themselves defendants in copyright lawsuits and lost, are not valid, Kwun said. Google has responded to Viacom's $1bn copyright lawsuit,... [01 May 2007]
Music industry launches fresh file-sharing assault
News Despite a number of legal victories by the music industry against file-sharing networks including Grokster and Kazaa, music's black market has changed little. Music industry body the IFPI has announced a new wave of... [18 Oct 2006]
YouTube is doomed, says analyst
News And the cases on this point, from Napster to Grokster at the Supreme Court, are clear. Another internet research company has predicted doom for YouTube's business model. Copyright issues that have plagued video-sharing... [03 Oct 2006]
Music industry takes aim at LimeWire
News Other companies that have either gone out of business or altered their business models are BearShare, Grokster and WinMx. After months of issuing warnings, the music industry finally made good on its threat to file suit... [07 Aug 2006]
Skype and Kazaa hit with Rico lawsuit
News Wilson is the same judge who presided over the MGM Studios vs Grokster case concerning peer-to-peer technology that ultimately went to the Supreme Court. StreamCast Networks, creator of the Morpheus file-swapping... [28 Mar 2006]
Grokster signs out
News File-swapping company Grokster has agreed to stop distributing its peer-to-peer software, following a $50m legal settlement announced on Monday with Hollywood studios and record labels. Along with co-defendant StreamCast... [08 Nov 2005]
Parents and employers targeted in anti-P2P drive
News The organisation won a Supreme Court fight in June with file-sharing service Grokster and has filed thousands of lawsuits against individuals who allegedly used such networks and violated copyright laws. [23 Sep 2005]
Kazaa copyright ruling "a milestone", says music industry
News The Australian decision comes just 10 weeks after the US Supreme Court ruled against file-sharing operator Grokster. Sharman Networks has announced it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that several respondents... [06 Sep 2005]
Google calls in legal heavies for Microsoft fight
News Kekar & Van Nest, a 50-lawyer firm based in San Francisco, represented Grokster in its legal battle over file sharing, and also represented Wall Street banker Frank Quattrone and former Enron leader Andrew Fastow in... [25 Aug 2005]
Leader: Stop self-policing
Leader The notorious Grokster case, as well as 'piracy taxes' on iPods and computers prove as much. Grokster may even be wishing they'd done the self-same thing right now. One of China's leading portals,... [17 Aug 2005]
Leader: Is file-sharing sacking too heavy-handed?
Leader The sacking of an IT consultant after he appeared on BBC 2's Newsnight TV programme, to comment on the US Supreme Court file-sharing ruling against Grokster last week, raises some interesting issues. Alex Hanff had been... [04 Jul 2005]
Techie fired over Grokster comments on BBC
News A British IT consultant accused by the Hollywood movie industry of running a BitTorrent file-sharing hub has been sacked by his employer after appearing on BBC 2's Newsnight programme last week to comment on the US Supreme Court ruling... [04 Jul 2005]
Little chance of Grokster overrule
News Key politicians from both major political parties said they were inclined to let the lawsuit, MGM v Grokster, proceed through the court system before deciding whether to alter copyright law. The US Congress appears... [28 Jun 2005]
US court hands out landmark file-sharing decision
News The US Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file swapping, ruling that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their... [28 Jun 2005]
