Advanced Copyright Law on the Internet

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(cc) Summary of Case Law 75
5. The Reproduction Right Under WIPO Implementing Legislation 76

(a) United States Legislation 76

(1) The Digital Millennium Copyright Act 76
(2) Legislation Not Adopted 76

(b) The European Copyright Directive 78
6. Peer-to-Peer File Sharing 83
(a) BMG Music v. Gonzalez 83

(b) Columbia Pictures v. Bunnell 84
(c) Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum 84

(d) Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset 89
7. The Immunity of the Audio Home Recording Act (AHRA) 92

(a) The Diamond Multimedia Case 93

(b) The Napster Cases 93

(c) The Aimster Case 93
(d) Atlantic Recording Corp. v. XM Satellite Radio 94

8. Fair Use Cases 96

(a) Fox News v. TVEyes 96

B. The Right of Public Performance 99




  1. Isochronous Versus Asynchronous Transmissions 100




  2. The Meaning of “Publicly” 101




  3. Live Nation Motor Sports v. Davis 101




  4. United States v. ASCAP 102




  5. The Cablevision Case 103




  6. Ringtones – In re Application of Cellco Partnership 105




  7. Arista Records v. Myxer 107




  8. Warner Bros. v. WTV Systems 107




  9. Capitol Records v. MP3tunes 110




  10. American Broadcasting v. Aereo 110




  11. The BarryDriller Case 126




  12. Fox v. FilmOn 128




  13. Hearst Stations v. Aereo 130




  14. Community Television of Utah v. Aereo 132




  15. CBS v. FilmOn 134




  16. Fox Broadcasting v. Dish Network 135

    C. The Right of Public Display 137




  17. The Frena, Marobie-FL, Hardenburgh and Webbworld Cases 138




  18. Kelly v. Arriba Soft 139




  19. Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com 143




  20. Perfect 10 v. Google (aka Perfect 10 v. Amazon) 143




  21. Healthcare Advocates, Inc. v. Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey 155




  22. ICG-Internet Commerce Group, Inc. v. Wolf 157




  23. Perfect 10 v. Yandex 157
    D. The Right of Public Distribution 159



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