Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 7:14 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Russian man who was accused of copyright violations for his operation of two stream-ripping websites filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 12, seeking guidance on the nature of contacts necessary to confer U.S. jurisdiction over foreign website operators when there has been no purposeful direction of infringing behavior at a forum state (Tofig Kurbanov v. UMG Recordings Inc., et al., No. 20-503, U.S. Sup.)....