Legal Opinion
United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 28, 2010No. Docket 09-0539-cv (L), 09-0542-cv (con), 09-0666-cv (xap), 09-0692-cv (xap), 09-1572-cv (xap)PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
This case presents two distinct questions that arise from the transmittal of musical works over the Internet: First, whether a download of a digital file containing a musical work constitutes a public performance of that musical work; and, second, whether the district court, acting in its capacity as the rate court, was reasonable in its assessment of the blanket license fees of Yahoo! Inc. and RealNetworks, Inc. (collectively, “the Internet Companies”) to publicly perform any of the millions of musical compositions in the American Society of Composers,…
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