Madster Seeks Supreme Court Cert

Slyck, a P2P news site, reports that Madster (the P2P program formerly known as Aimster) is seeking a Writ of Certiorari to have their case heard before the US Supreme Court (P2P Company Takes Battle to Supreme Court). You can read the petition here: Petition for Writ of Certiorari (03-658). The case was brought by members of the recording industry alleging contributory and vicarious copyright infringement by Madster. The district court granted a broad preliminary injunction against Madster and the Seventh Circuit upheld the preliminary injunction. Read the Seventh Circuit's decision (authored by Judge Richard Posner) here: In re Aimster, 334 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2003).

I don't think the Supremes will take the case and, frankly, I hope they don't. This would be a bad set of facts and argument to use as the basis for the court to take another look at Sony v. Universal.

via Zeropaid