Grokster, briefly

Courtesy of Joseph Hall and his RSS mercenary, a RSS feed for MGM v. Grokster from the EFF case archive:

The briefs filed so far include:

Briefs of Petitioners (entertainment companies)

• Brief for Motion Picture Studio and Recording Company Petitioners [PDF 352K]
• Brief for Songwriter and Music Publisher Petitioners [PDF 932K]

Amicus Briefs Supporting Petitioners

• Brief of the Progress and Freedom Foundation [PDF 172K]
• Brief of the United States Solicitor General's Office [PDF 112K]
• Brief of the Business Software Alliance [PDF 156K]
• Brief of Law Professors, Economics Professors and Treatise Authors in Support of Petitioners
[PDF 188K]
• Brief of Kids First Coalition, Christian Coalition of America, Concerned Women for America, et al in Support of Petitioners
[PDF 328K]
• Brief of Law and Economics Professors in Support of Petitioners [PDF 56K]
• Brief of the Defenders of Property Rights in Support of Petitioners [PDF 60K]
• Brief of State Attorneys General in Support of Petitioners [PDF 256K]
• Brief of Commissioner of Baseball, NBA, NFL, Professional Photographers of America, et al in Support of Petitioners [PDF 92K]

Amicus Briefs Neutral as to Result

• Brief of The Digital Media Association, Netcoalition, The Center for Democracy and Information Technology Association of America [PDF 196K]
• Brief of Senators Leahy and Hatch in Support of Neither Party [PDF 112K]
• Brief of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) in Support of Vacatur and Remand [PDF 92K]
• Brief of Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) Suggesting Reversal [PDF 308K]
• Brief of Professor Lee A. Hollaar in Support of Neither Party [PDF 204K]
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• Brief of Audible Magic, Digimarc and Gracenote in Support of Neither Party

Ed Felten looks at briefs submitted by the Solicitor General and a group of "anti-porn and police organizations," Grokster Briefs: Toward a More Regulable Net : "These briefs are caught between nostalgia for a past that never existed, and false hope for future technologies that won't do the job."

Previously: Ninth Circuit Affirms Grokster Ruling (including actual analysis), P2P in the 9th Circuit, Again, NYT on Grokster, Seeking Cert in Grokster, Grokster briefs, Supremes grant cert in Grokster, Grokster, Brand X and the 'Net, Supreme Geekery