Legal Opinion
Abc, Incorporated v. Primetime 24, Joint Venture
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1999No. 98-2313PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge MOTZ joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
PrimeTime 24, a satellite television carrier, enrolled thousands of subscribers in the Raleigh-Durham area to receive transmissions of network television programs from other cities. ABC, Inc., the owner of the local ABC network affiliate and of copyrights in ABC network programming, sued for copyright infringement under the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988 (SHVA), Pub.L. No. 100-667,102 Stat.3949 (as amended). Finding that PrimeTime had engaged in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- ABC, INC. v. PrimeTime 24, Joint VentureDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1998
- ABC, INC. v. PrimeTime 24, Joint VentureDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1998
3Cited by9 opinions
- CBS Broadcasting, Inc. v. Echostar Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Ass'n v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- National Football League v. PrimeTime 24 Joint VentureDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- CBS Broadcasting, Inc. v. Echostar Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- Primetime 24 Joint Venture v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.