This website details the legal issues related to file sharing including the recent supreme court case, Grokster.

Goals & Purpose:

     • provide an overview of file sharing and copyright law

     • touch on the unique characteristics of the Internet as a medium for file sharing

     • discuss the policy issues and concerns involved with file sharing on the Internet

     • examine the law and liability involving Internet file sharing

     • discuss the policy issues and concerns involved with file sharing on the Internet

 

This website was created for Professor Gasaway's Cyberspace Law seminar at the University of

North Carolina School of Law. No information contained in this site should be considered legal

advice. The contents of this site exist only for educational purposes. No infringement of copyright

is intended. If any copyrighted works have been used, please contact the site administrators,

Gary Brian Ernst or Brian Drozd, and the item(s) will be either removed or properly credited, at the

copyright owner's discretion. Last update: April 18, 2006