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Second Federal Court tackles absence of closed captions in Netflix web-streaming
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- July 27 2012
California’s Northern District decides websites are not “places of public accommodation” under the ADA, the opposite of a recent District of Massachusetts ruling
Federal Court holds in ADA suit that Netflix web streaming can be “place of public accommodation”
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- June 27 2012
A federal district court in Massachusetts has rejected arguments by Netflix that its “Watch Instantly” streaming website is not a “place of public accommodation” under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and accordingly refused to dismiss the complaint in National Association of the Deaf v. Netflix seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require closed captioning of videos at the site
Unanimous Supreme Court invalidates FCC’s “fleeting expletives” indecency decisions
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- June 20 2012
On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court decided FCC v. Fox Television Stations by holding that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decisions targeting “fleeting” broadcasts of allegedly indecent material were unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause
Supreme Court hears oral argument in broadcast indecency case
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- January 10 2012
The Supreme Court heard oral argument today (Jan. 10, 2012) in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, which put squarely before the Court the constitutionality of the FCC’s current indecency enforcement regime
Supreme Court affirms invalidation of California restrictions on violent video games
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- June 27 2011
The Supreme Court’s June 27, 2011, decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) invalidated California’s “violent video games” law, which had prohibited sales and rentals to minors and required the games’ packaging to bear a large “18” label on the front
Second Circuit invalidates FCC's policy on "indecent" broadcasts - unanimous decision is a victory for broadcasters
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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- USA
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- July 16 2010
On July 13, 2010, a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued a decision in Fox Television Stations v. FCC that invalidated on First Amendment grounds the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC’s) current policy for enforcing the ban on “indecent” broadcasts
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- Workarea - Media & Entertainment
- Firm Name - Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Author - Ronald G. London