Legal Opinion
Settling Devotional v. Copyright Royalty Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 14, 2015No. 13-1276PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MILLETT.
MILLETT, Circuit Judge:
Cable operators’ retransmission of religious and devotional programming from 2000 to 2003 produced a pool of royalties that Congress charged the Copyright Royalty Judges with distributing to the copyright owners. The Appellant Settling Devotional Claimants (“Devotional Claimants”) and Intervenor Independent Producers Group (“IPG”) vigorously contested their respective shares of that pool before the Royalty Judges. The Devotional Claimants now appeal, arguing that the Royalty Judges wrongly calculated their share of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- William Toth v. Grand Trunk Railroad, D/B/A Cn North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Association of American Publishers, Inc. v. The Governors of the United States Postal Service, Direct Mail Advertising Association, Inc., Intervenors. Associated Third Class Mail Users v. The Governors of the United States Postal Service, J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and United Parcel Service, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- National Ass'n of Broadcasters v. Copyright Royalty TribunalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- American Great Lakes Ports Association v. ZukunftDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
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