p2pnet.net News Feature:- Hollywood was sure it had the Mopheus / Grokster p2p ’situation’ wrapped up tight. But a US federal court ruled unanimously that p2p file-sharing companies aren’t liable for what their users may - or may not - do.

Will the labels and studios appeal? (Does Howdy Doody have wooden eye-balls?)

Ratiatum’s Guillaume Champeau will be doing a European perspective for tomorrow, and in the meanwhile, how do the online media see things?

Below is the first crop of Google News headlines that went up slightly more than an hour after the decision was made public.

US Court Rejects Movie, Music Makers’ Piracy Claims
Reuters - 43 minutes ago
By Ben Berkowitz. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts …

Court: Grokster, StreamCast not liable
MLive.com, MI - 1 hour ago
By DAVID KRAVETS. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc. are not legally responsible for the swapping …

Court: Grokster, Streamcast not liable for copyright violations
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 43 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc. are not legally responsible for the swapping of copyright content …

Studios Lose Round in File-Sharing Battle
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - 45 minutes ago
By Jon Healey, Times Staff Writer. A federal appeals court ruled today that two popular file-sharing networks were legal despite …

Court: Grokster, Streamcast not liable for copyright violations
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc. are not legally responsible for the swapping of copyright content through …

Court Deals Blow to Movie Studios
Reuters - 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major movie studios and music companies by …

Judges rule file-sharing software legal
ZDNet.com - 1 hour ago
A federal appeals court has upheld a controversial court decision that says file-sharing software programs such as Grokster or Morpheus are legal. …

Court Finds for Grokster, Others on Copyright
Reuters - 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled several Internet file-sharing software companies are not liable for copyright infringement …

Morpheus, Grokster win p2p fight

p2pnet.net, Canada - 59 minutes ago

p2pnet.net News Feature:- The battle between Morpheus (StreamCast Networks), Grokster (Grokster Ltd) and Hollywood is finally over with the two p2p companies …

Court: Grokster, StreamCast Not Liable
ABC News - 35 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 19, 2004 — Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc. are not liable for the swapping of copyright content …

Court Ruling Favors Music-Sharing Networks
Washington Post, DC - 55 minutes ago
By David Kravets. SAN FRANCISCO — Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc. are not legally responsible for the swapping of copyright …

Court: Grokster, StreamCast Not Liable
Forbes - 1 hour ago
Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc. are not legally responsible for the swapping of copyright content through their file-sharing …

Keep watching ….

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