A year after the US Supreme Court ruled that file-sharing companies could be held liable for the copyright infringement of it’s users, the case lingers on as entertainment companies pursue a summary 
judgment of liability.
Still in a seemingly endless pursuit of monetary damages, during which time Grokster has already settled for some $50 million dollars, it has still to reach an agreement with the remaining Sharman and StreamCast companies.
But, the light may be nearing the end of the tunnel in the case against StreamCast Inc., makers of Morpheus file-sharing software. U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson “…said Monday that evidence 
favors a coalition of entertainment companies in their landmark copyright infringement case.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling last year had sent the lawsuit back to Wilson’s district for judgment, and so this may spell the last chapter of the landmark Grokster case, even if not for Grokster, but certainly for the remaining file-sharing networks Kazaa and Morpheus.
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