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Four Navy SEALs who filed a lawsuit against the Associated Press (AP) for publishing pictures of the men posing with Iraqi detainees agreed Thursday to drop all claims and not appeal the July dismissal of...

US District Court judge Jeffrey Miller has thrown out a lawsuit filed in March 2005 against the Associated Press and reporter Seth Hettena claiming that the news group violated privacy and copyright laws by publishing...

MGM Studios v. Grokster, United States Supreme Court, June 27, 2005 . Excerpt...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the ability to share music and movie files downloaded from the internet. Read the Court's opinion . AP...

JURIST Guest Columnist Eugene Quinn of Syracuse University College of Law says that the US Supreme Court's pending decision in the Grokster case on file-sharing copyright infringement will likely involve a struggle with its landmark 1984 ruling on videotaping technology...

President Bush Wednesday signed legislation giving legal protection to developers of technologies designed to enable viewers to "self-censor" portions of DVD movies that they deem inappropriate for viewing by others or themselves. S. 167, the Family Entertainment and Copyright...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in MGM Studios v. Grokster , 04-480, a case questioning when technology providers can be held secondarily liable for copyright infringement. During the one-hour hearing,...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, March 29. The US Supreme Court hears oral argument in two cases today. At 10 AM ET, the Court will hear...

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Associated Press by several Navy SEALs and the wife of a US special forces member claiming that the wire service published photos of...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 3.The US Senate will convene at 9:30 AM ET today, and it will consider S.J.Res. 4 , expressing disapproval...