Legal Opinion
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 2, 2000No. 00 Civ. 0277(LAK)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
This case is another step in the evolution of the law of copyright occasioned by advances in technology. Plaintiff motion picture studios brought this action to enjoin defendants from providing a computer program on their Internet Web sites that permits users to decrypt and copy plaintiffs’ copyrighted motion pictures from digital versatile disks (“DVDs”). They rely on the recently enacted Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). 1
On January 20, 2000, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and indicated that this opinion…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Does 1-40District Court, S.D. New York · 2004
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. CorleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Microsoft Corp. v. McGeeDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2007
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. ReimerdesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
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