Legal Opinion
American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 2014No. 13-461PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Copyright Act of 1976 gives a copyright owner the "exclusive righ [t]" to "perform the copyrighted work publicly." 17 U.S.C. § 106 (4). The Act's Transmit Clause defines that exclusive right as including the right to
"transmit or otherwise communicate a performance ... of the [copyrighted] work ... to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance ... receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times." § 101.
*2503 We must decide whether respondent Aereo, Inc., infringes this…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lawson v. FMR LLCSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
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- California Institute of Technology v. Hughes Communications Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2014
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