The Recording Industry Association of American and the Motion Picture Association of America have said they will take their fight against P2P companies Grokster and StreamCast to the Supreme Court.
The announcement follows the decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a previous court decision that companies who make P2P systems cannot be held liable for any copyright violation that is conducted via those networks.
Commenting on the appeal court decision, a spokesman for the industry associations told reporters: "The Ninth Circuit has immunized Grokster and StreamCast from copyright liability for millions of acts of copyright infringement that occur on their services every day". However a spokesman for StreamCast said the move to the Supreme Court was a "doomed effort".
As reported yesterday, attempts by the RIAA and other copyright owners to push the Induce Act through the US Senate are faltering. The Induce Act would clarify the liability of companies like Grokster and StreamCast for the copyright violation their technology allows.