Untying the Grokster Knot: Learning to Live in a Second-Best World.

Cites the lessons that can be learned by the international community from the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the MGM versus Grokster case by which MGM were entitled to sue Grokster on the grounds that its promotional and advertisement programs actively and purposefully sought to promote illegal downloading by Grokster users. Issues associated with the field of intellectual property; Objective of the basic 1994 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) agreement; Levels of the legal responses to admitted acts of copyright infringement of digital materials.