Legal Opinion
Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 4, 1974No. 72-1628PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The plaintiffs in this litigation, creators and producers of televised programs copyrighted under the provisions of the Copyright Act of 1909, as amended, 17 U. S. C. § 1 et seq., commenced suit in 1964 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, claiming that the defendants had infringed their copyrights by intercepting broadcast transmissions of copy*397righted material and rechanneling these programs through various community antenna television (CATV) systems to paying subscribers.1 The suit was initially *398stayed by agreement of the parties, pending this Court’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Fox Film Corp. v. DoyalSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Kendall v. WinsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Midwest Video Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. CrispSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Home Box Office, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Professional Baseball, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC CORP. Et Al. v. AIKENSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- WPIX, Inc. v. Ivi, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2012
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