Grokster files for Cert

Donna Wentworth (Copyfight) on The Grokster Case - Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends:

At stake in the case is the continued vitality of the Betamax doctrine -- what Fred von Lohmann calls the "Magna Carta of the technology industry" because it "makes it clear that innovators need not fear ruinous litigation from the entertainment industry so long as their inventions are 'merely capable of substantial noninfringing uses.'"

See Grokster and Streamcast joint brief [pdf].

Although I have not seen the brief, apparently NBA and MLB are petitioning along with the RIAA to have the case heard. If this is true, we should call for a boycott of televised (internet, cable, satellite) games until these leagues remove withdraw the petition.