Legal Opinion
Wgn Continental Broadcasting Company and Albuquerque Cable Television, Inc. v. United Video, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 1982No. 81-2687PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide a question of first impression under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.: to what extent does the copyright on a television program also include program material encoded in the “vertical blanking interval” of the television signal?
Each picture that flashes on a television screen is generated by an electron gun behind the screen that moves rapidly back and forth from the top to the bottom of the screen. When the gun reaches the bottom it shuts off and returns to the top of the screen to begin again. The interval in which…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Terry Gilliam, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- National Bank of Commerce v. Shaklee Corp.District Court, W.D. Texas · 1980
- WGN Continental Broadcasting Co. v. United Video, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
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