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Court Urged to Hear File-Sharing Case

Posted by michael on from the oh-lord-hear-my-plea dept.

gollum123 writes "AP reports that: A disparate group made up of dozens of state attorneys general, labor unions, retailers, professional sports leagues and others urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to hear a claim brought by the recording and film industries against two Internet file-sharing firms. In legal briefs filed with the court, the petitioners stressed the justices should take the entertainment companies' case and finally resolve conflicting lower court rulings on file-sharing, said Steven Marks, general counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America."

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  1. Briefs and lists of amici on EFF's website... by stinkfoot · · Score: 4, Informative

    From http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/

    • EFF's Brief in Opposition [PDF 343k] of Petition for certiorari. November 8, 2004
    • Computer and Communications Industry Association and Internet Archive's Brief in Opposition [PDF 220k] of Petition for certiorari. November 8, 2004

    • Progress & Freedom Foundation's Brief in Support [PDF 137k] of certiorari. November 8, 2004
    • Law Professors' Brief in Support [PDF 219k] of certiorari. November 8, 2004
    • States' Brief in Support [PDF 995k] of certiorari. (Brief includes AL, AK, AR, AZ, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NE, NC, NV, NJ, NM, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WV, WI, Guam.) November 8, 2004
    • Omnibus Brief in Support [PDF 230k] of certiorari. (Brief includes Office of the Commissioner Of Baseball, National Basketball Association, American Society Of Media Photographers, Professional Photographers Of America, Directors Guild Of America, Writers Guild Of America (West), Screen Actors Guild, Association Of American Publishers, Association Of American University Presses, Producers Guild Of America, Graphic Artists Guild, Entertainment Software Association, Video Software Dealers Association, Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association And Author's Guild Of America.) November 8, 2004
    • NARAS et al's Brief in Support [PDF 787k] of certiorari. (Brief includes National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, The Country Music Association, Inc., The Gospel Music Association, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Jazz Alliance International, Inc., and the Rhythm & Blues Foundation.) November 8, 2004
    • International Rights Owners Brief in Support [PDF 182k] of certiorari. November 8, 2004
    • Artists' coalition Brief in Support [PDF 309k] of certiorari. (Coalition includes The Eagles, Brooks & Dunn, The Dixie Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Babyface, The Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffet, Patti Loveless, Stevie Nicks, Gavin Rossdale.) November 8, 2004
    • ASCAP et al's Brief in Support [PDF 458k] of certiorari (Brief includes ASCAP, BMI, Broadcast Music, Inc., Association of Independent Music Publishers, Church Music Publishers Association, Nashville Songwriters Association International, Songwriters Guild of America.) November 8, 2004
    • MGM et al's Petition for certiorari [PDF 1.07M]. October 8, 2004
  2. Re:As Long As... by Fo0eY · · Score: 2, Informative

    the funny thing is, capitalism is based on "destroying" someone elses product and stealing their revenue

    sure, it's illegal to download copyrighted media
    but the entertainment industry, and now the states aren't making a clear distinction between illegal downloading and vanilla peer to peer networks

    copyright law alone should be enough to protect the artists, the industries infatuation with tacking on a "on the internet" to every law and patent has got to stop