On Command Video Corp. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEIGEL, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that its videotape performance system does not violate defendants’ copyright. Defendants counterclaim for copyright infringement, alleging that plaintiff’s system infringes on their exclusive right to publicly perform their motion pictures. The system, which plaintiff installs and operates, allows a hotel to offer its guests the opportunity to view videotapes in their rooms. Using a remote control unit, the guest selects a videotape which triggers the system to play that tape and display it on the television set…