Bonneville International Corp. v. Peters

OPINION OF THE COURT

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a grant of summary judgment. The district court found that the Copyright Office’s rulemaking with respect to the Internet “streaming” of AM7FM radio broadcast programming was entitled to deference. The plaintiffs argue that the exclusion from copyright protection for “nonsubscription broadcast transmissions” of recorded music is unambiguously intended to apply to their simultaneous webcasting of their radio broadcast signal. We conclude that, whether or not the Copyright Office’s interpretation of § 114(d)(1)(A) is to be…