CDT Urges Caution in Interpreting StreamCast Decision - Following the Supreme Court's 2005 decision in the Grokster case, a lower court late last month held file-sharing software provider StreamCast liable for inducing copyright infringement by its users. The outcome was not a surprise, but future courts will need to use caution in applying this opinion's language to future cases with different factual contexts. The question of when technology providers may be liable for the actions of their users is important because overbroad liability could severely chill technological innovation. October 10, 2006

• CDT Initial Analysis: Lower Court Opinion [PDF] October 10, 2006
• CDT’s Stanford Technology Law Review Article on Grokster [PDF] June 28, 2006 [off-site]
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