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The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously rejected Grokster and
Streamcast's arguments and sided with the entertainment industry:
http://news.com.com/2060-10799_3-0.html?tag=nefd.bl

Photos from oral arguments:
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/supreme-court-grokster-arguments-mar05.html

The court also ruled 6-3 in the Brand X case in favor of cable companies:
http://news.com.com/2060-10785_3-0.html?tag=nefd.bl

And, effectively, against journalists' ability to keep sources
confidential by declining to hear the appeal from the DC Circuit.

-Declan

Posted by Declan McCullagh on Jun 27, 2005 in category intellectual-property

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