Legal Opinion
Diagnostic Unit Inmate Council v. Films Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1996No. 94-2867, 94-2917PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The Arkansas Department of Corrections (“ADC”) shows videotaped movies to inmates in the common areas of its prisons. In 1985, an attorney representing motion picture copyright owners wrote ADC, warning that it would infringe owner copyrights to use videotapes licensed for home use only at these public performances. ADC has since contracted with appellees Films Inc. (“Films”) and Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. (“Swank”), to provide videotaped movies that come with “public performance distribution rights.”
Certain Arkansas inmates commenced this class action against Films and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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