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Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi, Inc.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 19 2013

District court grants summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Capitol Records on its copyright claims against ReDigi, online “reseller” of pre-owned

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ReDigi the digital second-hand shop

  • Pitmans LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • April 12 2013

A US court has ruled that ReDigi's sale of "second-hand" digital music online infringes Capitol Records' copyright. Court grants summary judgment

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Southern District of New York holds copyright first sale doctrine does not apply to digital music files; resale of digital music through transmit-and-delete process

  • Ropes & Gray LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 9 2013

In Capital Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc., 12 Civ. 95, (Mar. 30, 2013) ("Capital Records v. ReDigi") Judge Sullivan of the Southern District of New York

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Court sanctions counsel for frivolous challenge to arbitration award

  • DLA Piper
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  • USA
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  • August 30 2012

A federal district court in New York recently sanctioned the losing party's counsel for filing what the court deemed to be a frivolous application to set aside an international arbitral award.

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Resale of digital music files constitutes copyright infringement

  • Holding Redlich
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  • Australia, USA
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  • April 19 2013

On 30 March 2013, a New York federal court ruled that the resale of digital music files on a web-based service owned and operated by ReDigi Inc

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Capitol Records v. Redigi: District Court finds first sale defense does not apply to re-sale of digital music downloads

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 19 2013

In Capitol Records, LLC v.ReDigi Inc., a case that has been closely watched in digital music and cloud computing circles, a district court in the

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The interplay between digital media and the first sale doctrine

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • April 3 2013

The first sale doctrine allows owners of copies of copyrighted works (e.g. used books, CDs, DVDs) to resell their copies without restriction, and it

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Second Circuit finds first sale doctrine does not apply to digital copies even when original file is deleted after transfer

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 4 2013

In a decision sure to be significant to the cloud computing and digital content industries, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New

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Judge allows sales of “used” MP3 files to continue

  • Scott & Scott LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 22 2012

On February 6, 2012, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that ReDigi an upstart, online marketplace for “used” MP3 files can continue operating pending the outcome of copyright-infringement litigation initiated by Capitol Records.

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You say you want a revolution: RIAA does not agree that ReDigi’s “legally downloaded digital music” marketplace qualifies for first sale protection

  • Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 16 2011

Two potentially revolutionary “disruptive technologies” were back in the news this week.

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The Aereo and ReDigi decisions: courts continue to wrestle with the application of copyright law to the redistribution of digital content

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 9 2013

A series of recent decisions in the Second and Ninth Circuitsincluding Viacom v. YouTube and UMG v. Veoh (both dealing with the distribution

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Selling second hand music: not music to record companies’ ears

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • USA
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  • October 26 2012

Second hand book stores, preloved clothing stores, and markets for old records there are no laws preventing these shop owners from selling used items to consumers, so how about a second hand store for digital music and movie files?

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iTunes soon to be challenged by ReDigi’s second-hand digital marketplace

  • White & Black Legal LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 23 2013

It was recently announced that ReDigi, an online Marketplace facilitating the sale and purchase of second-hand digital music (purchased from

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Resale of digital music: US v EU approach

  • William Fry
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  • European Union, USA
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  • May 14 2013

ReDigi, a US company, allows its customers to resell their digital music through its online marketplace. Users of the service can buy used digital

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No first-sale doctrine for digital music files

  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 8 2013

Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi, Inc., No. 12 CIV. 95 RJS, 2013 WL 1286134 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2013) The Southern District of New York recently held

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A blow to digital music resellers

  • Faegre Baker Daniels
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  • USA
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  • April 10 2013

You can sell used books on Half.com and used furniture on Craigslistbut used MP3s? Not so fast. In Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi, Inc., Judge

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Virginia notarization law goes online

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 9 2012

On July 1, 2012, Virginia became the first state in the country to authorize remote online notarization.

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