International Commerce and Information Review (통상정보연구)
- Volume 8 Issue 1
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- Pages.205-223
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- 2006
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- 1598-7604(pISSN)
Legal View on Recent Cases of the U.S. and Korea on P2P Service
법적 관점에서 본 P2P서비스:미국연방대법원 평결 및 한국의 소리바다 판결
Abstract
File sharing through P2P was decided as illegal according to Supreme Court of the U.S. and the Highest Court of Korea in 2005. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, LTD., et al. and Soribada v. Korea Association for Music Providers have the same ground for decision. P2P service company has vicarious liability for illegal file sharing of its customers. Balance between copyright protection and development of technology was considered in that decision. Programmer who will develop new program for free download and copyright holders who will exploit every measures to protect their right may compromise for their mutual benefits.