FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS, 

INC.; COLUMBIA PICTURES

INDUSTRIES, INC.; DISNEY

ENTERPRISES, INC.; PARAMOUNT

PICTURES CORPORATION; TWENTIETH

CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION;

UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLP, f/k/a

UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.; NEW

LINE CINEMA CORPORATION; TIME

WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY,

LP; ATLANTIC RECORDING

CORPORATION; ATLANTIC RHINO

VENTURES, INC., d/b/a Rhino No. 03-55894 Entertainment, Inc.; ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.;  D.C. No.

LONDON-SIRE RECORDS, INC., LP; CV-01-08541-SVW

WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS, INC.;

WEA INTERNATIONAL INC.; WARNER

MUSIC LATINA, INC., f/k/a WEA Latina, Inc.; ARISTA RECORDS, INC.;

BAD BOY RECORDS; CAPITOL

RECORDS, INC.; HOLLYWOOD

RECORDS, INC.; INTERSCOPE

RECORDS; LAFACE RECORDS;

MOTOWN RECORD COMPANY; RCA

RECORDS LABEL, a unit of BMG Music d/b/a BMG Entertainment;

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.;



10593 10594 MGM STUDIOS v. GROKSTER

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; VIRGIN 

RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; WALT

DISNEY RECORDS, a division of ABC, Inc.; ZOMBA RECORDING

CORP.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

GROKSTER LTD.; STREAMCAST 

NETWORKS, INC., f/k/a Musiccity.Com, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and

SHARMAN NETWORKS LIMITED; LEF

INTERACTIVE PTY LTD.,

Defendants.  MGM STUDIOS v. GROKSTER 10595

JERRY LEIBER, individually d/b/a  Jerry Leiber Music; MIKE STOLLER, individually and d/b/a Mike Stoller Music; PEER INTERNATIONAL

CORPORATION, PEER MUSIC LTD.,

SONGS OF PEER LTD.; CRITERION

MUSIC CORPORATION; FAMOUS

MUSIC CORPORATION, BRUIN MUSIC

COMPANY; ENSIGN MUSIC

CORPORATION; AND LET’S TALK

SHOP, INC., d/b/a Beau-DI-O-DO Music, on behalf of themselves No. 03-55901  and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No.

CV-01-09923-SVW

v. CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT BV, aka Fasttrack; SHARMAN NETWORKS

LIMITED; LEF INTERACTIVE PTY

LTD.,

Defendants, and

GROKSTER LTD.; STREAMCAST

NETWORKS, INC., f/k/a Musiccity.Com, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.  10596 MGM STUDIOS v. GROKSTER

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS, 

INC.; COLUMBIA PICTURES

INDUSTRIES, INC.; DISNEY

ENTERPRISES, INC.; PARAMOUNT

PICTURES CORPORATION; TWENTIETH

CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION;

UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLP, f/k/a Universal City Studios, Inc.; NEW

LINE CINEMA CORPORATION; TIME

WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY,

LP; ATLANTIC RECORDING

CORPORATION; ATLANTIC RHINO

VENTURES, INC., d/b/a Rhino Entertainment, Inc.; ELEKTRA

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.;

LONDON-SIRE RECORDS, INC., LP; No. 03-56236

WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS, INC.;

WEA INTERNATIONAL INC.; WARNER

MUSIC LATINA, INC., f/k/a WEA  D.C. No.

CV-01-08541-SVW

Latina, Inc.; ARISTA RECORDS, INC.; ORDER

BAD BOY RECORDS; CAPITOL

RECORDS, INC.; HOLLYWOOD

RECORDS, INC.; INTERSCOPE

RECORDS; LAFACE RECORDS;

MOTOWN RECORD COMPANY; RCA

RECORDS LABEL, a unit of BMG Music d/b/a BMG Entertainment;

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.;

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; VIRGIN

RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; WALT

DISNEY RECORDS, a division of ABC, Inc.; ZOMBA RECORDING

CORP.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.  MGM STUDIOS v. GROKSTER 10597

GROKSTER LTD.; STREAMCAST 

NETWORKS, INC., f/k/a Musiccity.Com, Inc.,  Defendants-Appellees.  On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

Filed August 15, 2005

Before: Robert Boochever, John T. Noonan, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

COUNSEL

Russell J. Frackman and George M. Borkowski, Mitchell Sil- berberg, et al., LLP, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs- appellants Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Bad Boy Records, Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood Records, Inc., Interscope Records, Laface Records, Motown Record Co., RCA Records Label, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., Walt Disney Records, Inc., and Zomba Recording Corp.

Thomas G. Hentoff, David E. Kendall, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Twentieth Cen- tury Fox Film Corp., and Universal City Studios, LLP.

Robert M. Schwartz, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Ange- les, California, for Newline Cinema Corp., Time Warner Entertainment Co., Atlantic Recording Corp., Atlantic Rhino Ventures, Inc., Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc., London- Sire Records, Inc., LP, Warner Brothers Records, Inc., WEA 10598 MGM STUDIOS v. GROKSTER International, Inc., Warner Music Latina, Inc., and Arista Records, Inc.

Kelli L. Sager, Andrew J. Thomas, and Jeffrey H. Blum, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Carey Ramos, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, New York, for plaintiffs-appellants Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Peer International Corp., Peer Music Ltd., Songs of Peer Ltd., Criterion Music Corp., Famous Music Corp., Bruin Music Co., Ensign Music Corp, and Let’s Talk Shop, Inc.

Mark Lemley and Michael H. Page, Keker & Van Nest, San Francisco, California; Jennifer Stisa Granick, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, for defendant-appellee Grokster Ltd.

Cindy A. Cohn and Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California; Charles S. Baker, Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C., Austin, Texas, for defendant-appellee StreamCast Networks, Inc.

Hank L. Goldsmith, Proskauer, Rose LLP, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, for amici Bureau International des Societes Gerant Les Droits D’enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique, et al.

John M. Genga, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amici Law Professors and Treatise Authors Neil Boorstyn, Jay Dougherty, James Gibson, Robert Gorman, Hugh Hansen, Douglas Lichtman, Roger Milgrim, Arthur Miller, and Eric Schwartz.

Ian C. Ballon, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amici American Film Marketing Association, et al.

Jeff G. Knowles, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, San Fran- cisco, California, for amici American Federation of Musi- cians, et al. MGM STUDIOS v. GROKSTER 10599 Alan Malasky, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP; Wash- ington, DC, for amici The Commissioner of Baseball, et al.

Matthew S. Steinberg, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Santa Mon- ica, California, for amici National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.

Jennifer M. Urban, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California, for amici 40 Intellectual Property and Technology Law Professors.

Jason M. Mahler, Washington, D.C., for amicus Computer & Communications Industry Association, Netcoalition Industry Association.

Christopher A. Hansen, ACLU Foundation, New York, New York, for amici American Civil Liberties Union, et al.

Roderick G. Dorman, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amicus Sharman Networks Ltd.

ORDER

In conformance with the mandate of the Supreme Court, we remand this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the opinion of the United States Supreme Court. See Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 125 S. Ct. 2764 (2005).

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