"The entertainment industry has rounded up dozens of allies to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to hold Internet file-trading services responsible when users copy songs and movies without permission," reports Reuters.
"The U.S. government, 40 states and territories, and outside groups from the National Football League to the Christian Coalition of America asked the Supreme Court on Monday to hold services like Grokster and Morpheus accountable for the millions of copyrighted files traded over their networks."
USA Today says: "Among those who filed briefs: The Eagles, the Dixie Chicks, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Tom Jones and Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson. 'There is no more important case for the future of our business,' said Don Henley of the Eagles. 'These systems promote copyright violations on an unprecedented scale'."
The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF is defending StreamCast Networks, the company behind the Morpheus peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software, in the case,which will go before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29. See the EFF page, MGM v Grokster, for details.
