Legal Opinion
EMI Christian Music Group, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 25, 2016No. Docket Nos. 14-4369-cv(L), 14-4509-cv(XAP)PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHIER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we principally consider the requirement of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) safe harbor that an internet service provider “adopt[ ] and reasonably implement ]” a policy to terminate “repeat infringers.” 17 U.S.C. § 512. Plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants are all record companies and music publishers. They filed this copyright infringement lawsuit against MP3tunes, LLC and its founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Robertson,1 alleging that two internet music services created by MP3tunes infringed their copyrights in thousands of sound…
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