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The music industry and Grokster have settled their litigation, sort of like Lee and Grant "settled" at Appamatox.
The settlement includes a permanent injunction prohibiting infringement – directly or indirectly – of any of the plaintiffs’ copyrighted works. This includes ceasing immediately distribution of the Grokster client application and ceasing to operate the Grokster system and software. The industry press release emphasized the growth of legal services:
Since the Supreme Court issued its ruling in June, the legitimate online marketplace has already begun to expand. In addition to legal download and subscription services like Rhapsody, Napster, iTunes, Wal-Mart.com, Sony Connect, Yahoo! Music and others, a nascent legal P2P network marketplace is emerging. Joining Wurld Media, PassAlong and Intent Media in the legitimate P2P space, iMesh has announced a legitimate P2P business model and the launch of its newly configured service. Individual record companies have also announced numerous licensing agreements in recent months with companies such as Mashboxx and Snocap.
posted by James DeLong @ 2:28 PM | Internet: P2P, Search Engines...
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