Legal Opinion
Unvrsl City Studios v. Peters, Marybeth
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 8, 2005No. 04-5138, 04-5142PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBERTS.
ROBERTS, Circuit Judge.
Cable and satellite companies are required to pay royalties into a common fund when they retransmit certain copyrighted television broadcasts. To collect from the fund, copyright owners must file claims with the Copyright Office annually during the month of July. In 2001, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal City Studios had their claims rejected as untimely because they could not produce a stamped postal receipt showing that the claims, which were received at the Copyright Office in August, had been mailed…
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