RIAA, MPAA Ask Supreme Court to Create New Legal Test

Firing the first shots in a legal battle likely to be felt across the technology industry, Hollywood studios and record labels asked the Supreme Court to give them new ammunition in their fight against file swapping. In their briefs, the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of Americacalled for a new legal test that could hold companies responsible for their customers' copyright infringement, even if they have no direct control over that activity.