CCCC lists MGM v. Grokster: Implications for Educators and Writing Teachers as one of the three “Major Intellectual Property Developments of 2005” for Scholars of Composition and Communication

Written by WIDE Co-director James Porter, and WIDE Institutional affiliate Martine Rife, MGM v. Grokster: Implications for Educators and Writing Teachers, discusses how the court’s ruling that “companies running filesharing services” can “be held indirectly liable for the copyright infringements of people using their software for peer-to-peer filesharing,” might shape the educational landscape for writers and writing teachers (2006 Porter and Rife). The brief is also included on the CCCC Governance and resolution page of the CCCC Web site. Links are provided below.

• CCCC Major Intellectual Property Developments:

http://www.ncte.org/cccc/gov/committees/ip/125702.htm?source=gs

•  CCCC Governance and resolution:

http://www.ncte.org/cccc/gov/committees/ip/125704.htm.

• MGM v. Grokster: Implications for Educators and Writing Teachers may also be accessed through the WIDE papers series: