[greglindahl]

MGM vs Grokster is different than Someone vs Github vs Popcorn time. There's an extra level of indirection in there.

[pickdenis]

I'm not convinced the courts will see much of a difference between "company (Grokster) that encourages easy p2p piracy through its software" and "company (GitHub) that publicly hosts software that promotes easy p2p piracy".

[greglindahl]

That's certainly possible. But it's important to note that it's not a direct precedent. You'd lose points in law school for that.