Supreme Doings

As expected, the MPAA has petitioned for certiorari in the Grokster case. It's worth pointing again to Professor Tim Wu's post on why he thinks cert will be granted, and C.E. Petit's dissenting view.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced its refusal to grant the RIAA's petition for cert in the Verizon litigation concerning the ability of ISPs to protect the identities of alleged file swappers.