The district court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment Wednesday in MGM v. Grokster decision. EFF has a PDF of the decision on its site. In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, all other parties had settled except for Streamcast. Accordingly, this opinion concern’s only Streamcast as defendant.
The Court’s Conclusion:
For the foregoing reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ request for summary judgment as to Streamcast’s liability for inducing copyright infringement through MusicCity/OpenNap and Morpheus. This Court DENIES StreamCast’s Rule 56(f) motion for a continuance.
I am sure that more will be written about this; in light of the Supreme Court establishing the inducement standard and kicking it back for further consideration, this was the only possible outcome. I, for one, am surprised that it dragged on for as long as it did - nearly five years. One of Streamcast’s arguments against the motion was that it was seeking a continuance to buy more time for discovery so it could establish a Copyright Misuse defense. This 60 page summary judgment opinion is worth reading just for this discussion.
Filed under: 2006 Copyright Cases, Infringment Cases
