Perzanowski Comments On Grokster

Since the recent judgment in Grokster, there has been a flurry of activity analysing whether the Court impliedly altered or repealed the Sony v Betamax standard of secondary liability under US copyright law. On an initial read through, it looks as if Grokster offers little substantive clarification of the liability standard.  The Court framed its ruling around an intent-based test, holding software developers liable both for encouraging end users to infringe copyright and for the overall “object” of their activity.

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