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Aereo wins another round in its battle with copyright owners

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Court orders ivi TV to stop retransmitting TV programming via the Internet

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2011

In a closely watched case, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a preliminary injunction ordering ivi, Inc. (pronounced "ivy") to immediately stop retransmitting broadcast television programming over the Internet

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

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Second Circuit issues decision in music download case

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2010

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued a long-awaited decision confirming that websites that offer music downloads do not need licenses for the copyright public performance right

ASCAP asks Supreme Court to review music download case

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 25 2011

In October 2010, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit confirmed in United States v. ASCAP (Application of Yahoo! & Real Networks) that websites that offer music downloads do not need licenses for the copyright public performance right, but need only secure licenses for reproduction and distribution rights

Ninth Circuit rules that promotional CDs are owned by recipient, may be sold

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2011

In a ruling that could have significant implications for companies that distribute copyrighted merchandise for promotional purposes, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that compact discs distributed to music critics and DJs for promotional purposes only are owned by the recipient and may be resold or otherwise transferred without the copyright owner's consent pursuant to the "first sale" doctrine of the Copyright Act and the Unordered Merchandise Statute