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Aereo wins another round in its battle with copyright owners

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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April 2 2013

On Monday, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction against Aereo, Inc

The POM Wonderful saga: FTC final order bars POM’s health claims

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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February 28 2013

On January 10, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its long-awaited final ruling in the Agency's administrative case against POM

Professional services exclusion ambiguous as to service not specified within exclusion

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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December 13 2012

A New York trial court has held that a professional services exclusion is ambiguous as applied to art authentication services where the exclusion lists other unrelated services as examples of excluded activity

Fair use update: just because it’s newsworthy doesn’t mean you can put it on the air

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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November 26 2012

A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit strengthens the copyright protection available for previously unpublished materials at the potential expense of the media industry

Unpaid interns can be costly

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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November 26 2012

Recently, media companies have been the targets of lawsuits filed by unpaid interns alleging that the company violated federal law by failing to pay them wages

Supreme Court reiterates that federal agencies must give fair notice prior to enforcing regulations

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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August 24 2012

Two recent Supreme Court decisions have affirmed regulated industries' right to fair notice of federal agencies' interpretations of the laws they implement

Broadcasters found unlikely to succeed in suit against internet television streaming service

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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July 20 2012

A federal court in New York has rejected a preliminary injunction motion brought by major U.S. broadcasters to stop Aereo, Inc. from providing realtime internet access to broadcast television programming without permission from the relevant copyright owners

Supreme Court issues narrow decision in favor of broadcasters on broadcast indecency

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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June 21 2012

On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Fox II). In a decision written by Justice Kennedy, the Court without dissent (Justice Ginsburg concurred in the judgment and Justice Sotomayor did not participate) set aside the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) orders citing Fox and ABC for indecency violations, finding that the agency failed to give the networks prior, fair notice that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity could be found actionably indecent

Court ruling increases difficulty of protecting copyrighted material online

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 17 2012

It is not uncommon for television stations and other media organizations to find their copyrighted content on third-party websites, without authorizationposted not by the site operator, but by a user

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finds public television ban for issue and political advertisements unconstitutional

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 17 2012

On April 12, 2012, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in Minority Television Project v. FCC that the Communications Act’s ban on noncommercial broadcast stations airing political and issue advertising violated the First Amendment

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