Supreme Court to Decide on P2P Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon on a case involving the P2P company Grokster and entertainment companies.

“The Supreme Court expressed concerns Tuesday over allowing entertainment companies to sue makers of software that allows Internet users to illegally download music and movies, questioning whether the threat of such legal action might stifle Web innovation.

During a lively argument, justices wondered aloud whether such lawsuits might have discouraged past inventions like copy machines, videocassette recorders and iPod portable music players