Grokster on CNBC in 2003

Los Angeles Times writer Jon Healey and Grokster President Wayne Rosso on CNBC in 2003. The previous week, a Los Angeles federal court judge ruled that Grokster and StreamCast were protected from contributory infringement by the Sony safe harbor.

The decision was appealed in late 2003. In 2004, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals again supported Grokster. This ruling was also appealed, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

In MGM v. Grokster, the Supreme Court reversed the decision, ruling that Grokster could be found liable for a new type of secondary infringement -- inducement -- and that the Sony safe harbor did not apply.