Legal Opinion
WPIX, Inc. v. Ivi, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 27, 2012No. Docket 11-788-cvPublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIN, Circuit Judge:
In this case, plaintiffs-appellees — producers and owners of copyrighted television programming — sued defendants-appellants ivi, Inc. (“ivi”) and its Chief Executive Officer, Todd Weaver, for streaming plaintiffs’ copyrighted television programming over the Internet live and without their consent. The district court granted a preliminary injunction for plaintiffs, holding that: (1) plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits of the case because ivi was not a “cable system” entitled to a compulsory license under § 111 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 111; (2)…
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