Justice Ginsburg Says Grokster is Not About P2P Technology
From the concurring opinion:
Even if the absolute number of noninfringing files copied
using the Grokster and StreamCast software is large, it does
not follow that the products are therefore put to substantial
noninfringing uses and are thus immune from liability. The
number of noninfringing copies may be reflective of, and
dwarfed by, the huge total volume of files shared. Further,
the District Court and the Court of Appeals did not sharply
distinguish between uses of Groksters and StreamCasts
software products (which this case is about) and uses of
peer-to-peer technology generally (which this case is not
about). [emphasis added]
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