PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING & THE FUTURE
                                        OF COPYRIGHT
 
 

I.     Peer-to-Peer (P2P) File Sharing

       A.    UMG Recordings v. MP3.com, 92 F. Supp.2d 349 (S.D.N.Y.
               2000).

       B.    A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004
              (9th Cir. 2001)
      C.     In re Aimster, 334 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2003)

      D.    MGM Studios v. Grokster, 125 S.Ct. 2764 (2005)
 


II.   Future of Copyright

         A.    Creative Commons
                      

         B.    Open archives & open source