Perhaps the lower court, to which the Supremes' decision returns the case for a new decision with their "advice", will find that Grokster is not liable, because it did not promote criminal use.
Except, the courts feel they did - if you read the text of the ruling, they come down pretty hard on Grokster and StreamCast for going after the old Napster users and pushing it as a way to download illegal files. Grokster will likely get pounded, but current & future p2p software that does not push itself as a way to download infringing files should be much safer.
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Perhaps the lower court, to which the Supremes' decision returns the case for a new decision with their "advice", will find that Grokster is not liable, because it did not promote criminal use.
Except, the courts feel they did - if you read the text of the ruling, they come down pretty hard on Grokster and StreamCast for going after the old Napster users and pushing it as a way to download illegal files. Grokster will likely get pounded, but current & future p2p software that does not push itself as a way to download infringing files should be much safer.