Copyright Infringement Liability for Video Sharing Networks: Grokster Redux or Breaking New Ground under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

摘要

Ever since Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, copyright law has constantly evolved to keep pace with the steady march of technology that has made copyright infringement much easier to accomplish and, consequently, more difficult to control. Recent examples of that evolution can be found in Congress' enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) and its subsequent interpretation by the courts in copyright infringement lawsuits brought by the entertainment industry against the peer-to-peer (P2P) networks like Napster, Aimster, and Grokster.