Tag archive: Jack Valenti

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled in favor of Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc., stating that the companies are not liable for the sharing of copyrighted works by users of their software. The three-judge panel unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed much of the lawsuit brought forth by music labels and movie studios because Grokster and StreamCast's programs do not utilize… Read More

The lawsuit, filed in New York by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. and Paramount Pictures Corp., marks the first time a movie company has sued a retailer of the forbidden software by 321 Studios Inc. Other retailers voluntarily halted sales of the software after federal judges in New York and California – at Hollywood's behest – ordered 321 of suburban St. Louis to stop making and marketing it.… Read More