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Abstract
The US Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited decision about copyright law, digital music downloads, and peer-to-peer file sharing software in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. This article reviews the court's decision, as well as the main question that it leaves unresolved: What constitutes a "substantial" or a "commercially significant' non-infringing use? As a result, technology vendors should now take a close look at their advertising, their customer service practices, and their business models to protect themselves against a potential new wave of copyright litigation driven by the Grokster-energized music and entertainment industries. It is believed, however that, provided that technology companies avoid "clearly expressing" an intent to induce their customer's copyright infringement, the Grokster decision theoretically should not deter development of new technologies that may be used to infringe copyright.