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Copyright Practice: Supreme Court Applies 'Inducement' Rule to Copyright |
May 6, 2006
Previously published on July 1, 2005
In the United States Supreme Court's
highly anticipated copyright decision,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v.
Grokster, Ltd., 2005 WL 1499402, the
Court announced that it would apply patent
law inducement principles to copyright
law in considering claims of secondary
copyright infringement. The Court held
that where a party distributes a device with
the object of promoting its use to infringe
copyrights, as shown by affirmative steps
taken to further infringement, the party is
liable for resulting infringement by third
parties.
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