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Lawyers debate applicability of Cablevision decision to Aereo case
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- June 8 2012
During oral arguments on the broadcast networks’ request for a preliminary injunction to shut down the Aereo web streaming service, a Manhattan federal district court judge questioned the networks on the extent to which the Second Circuit’s 2008 decision in Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings applies to the case at hand
Broadcasters file suit against Aereo online video service
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- March 9 2012
The four major television networks joined with various other media groups in filing two separate lawsuits late last week that seek to block a new service that would stream broadcast television signals to customers with web-enabled devices in the New York City area
Web users with unsecured wireless connections fingered in copyright lawsuit
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- February 10 2012
In a development that could impact providers of free Wi-Fi services and broadband subscribers who rely on wireless routers, Liberty Media Holdings LLC has asked a Massachusetts federal court to rule that broadband subscribers with wireless routers may be held liable for copyright violations when other persons illegally download copyrighted content through unsecured wireless network connections
House, Senate leaders postpone action on online piracy bills
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- January 27 2012
In the wake of widespread web protests last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) postponed further action last Friday on two controversial online piracy bills, hoping to allow further discussion to resolve the concerns of affected stakeholders
White House outlines concerns with online piracy legislation, as websites black out in protest
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- January 20 2012
As Wikipedia and scores of other online industry players prepared to black out their websites on Wednesday, top technology officials at the White House outlined the Obama Administration’s concerns with online piracy legislation that would authorize the Justice Department to shut down, via court order, U.S. financial support to “rogue” foreign websites that sell pirated movies, music and other goods
House member introduces alternative bill on online piracy
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- January 20 2012
In the midst of widespread online protests Wednesday against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA)one of the top opponents of SOPA in Congressintroduced his own version of online piracy legislation that would give the International Trade Commission (ITC) the power to police the illegal importation of digital content into the U.S. via foreign websites
Online firms warn that legitimate websites could be targeted under antipiracy bill
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- November 18 2011
On the eve of a House Judiciary Committee hearing conducted on Wednesday, representatives of Google, eBay, Twitter and other online technology firms warned lawmakers in a letter that pending online piracy legislation that would block payments to foreign websites that traffic in pirated films and other content would “expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities.”
Online video distributor ordered to stop rebroadcasting network TV signals
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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- USA
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- February 25 2011
To the plaudits of the major television broadcast networks, a New York district court judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against the streaming of live broadcast television signals by online video distributor Ivi, Inc
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Copyrights
- Workarea - Internet
- Author - Patrick S. Campbell
- Firm Name - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP