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CDT Offers Interpretation of Grokster Decision - One year after the Supreme Court issued its ruling in MGM v. Grokster, CDT published an article in the Stanford Technology Law Review entitled "Interpreting Grokster: Limits on the Scope of Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement." The article provides an analysis of the Grokster case, which dealt with the question of when a provider of a product or service can be held liable for the infringing activities of its users. CDT argues that a close reading of the Grokster decision, together with the landmark 1984 Sony Betamax case and patent law precedents, suggest a number of significant limitations on the scope of such liability. The impact of the Grokster decision for technology innovators will depend in large part on whether lower courts adopt the type of interpretation advocated by CDT. June 29, 2006

 
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