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Big media's supreme victories: court rulings to limit P2Ps and ISPs.

Publication: Broadcasting & Cable
Publication Date: 04-JUL-05
Format: Online - approximately 678 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Big media just swept a double header.

In two separate decisions last week, the Supreme Court set ground rules for two of the most important new communications technologies.

The first ruling upheld FCC rules allowing cable companies to bar competing Internet service providers (ISPs) from Web...

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...their high-speed services.

In the second decision, the justices ruled that Grokster and other peer-to-peer (P2P) networks that allow unrestricted swapping of audio and video files can be held liable for copyright infringement if they encourage users to make illegal downloads.

The Grokster ruling will likely shut down the most popular use of P2P...

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