Yours for Keeps: Mgm V. Grokster

57 Pages Posted: 1 Apr 2005

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Max Stul Oppenheimer

University of Baltimore - School of Law

Abstract

In MGM v. Grokster, now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, all parties have made the assumption that most P2P file transfers infringe copyrights. Two theories contradict that assumption: a significant number of individuals who transfer files over P2P networks may have a license to do so, and the Copyright Act itself may exempt the transfer of certain categories of entertainment files over P2P networks from the definition of infringement.

Keywords: Grokster, P2P, copyright, secondary infringement, internet file transfer

Suggested Citation

Oppenheimer, Max Stul, Yours for Keeps: Mgm V. Grokster. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=693841

Max Stul Oppenheimer (Contact Author)

University of Baltimore - School of Law ( email )

1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States

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