Legal Opinion
CBS Inc., Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Primetime 24 Joint Venture
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 5, 2001No. 98-4945, 98-5082, 98-5582, 99-10177, 99-14039, 99-14040 and 00-10386PublishedCited by 238 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This copyright infringement action was brought against PrimeTime 24 Joint Venture (“PrimeTime”), a satellite television carrier, by four major television networks, four associations representing the networks’ local affiliates, and four corporations owning affiliates. After the plaintiffs proved at trial that PrimeTime had unlawfully distributed copyrighted network programming to satellite dish subscribers who were not authorized to receive such programming by virtue of the statutory, compulsory license under which PrimeTime was operating, the district court entered a…
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