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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Broadcast Deregulation Reaches Supreme Court

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In light of the ubiquity of cable and satellite, a controversy over the ownership of terrestrial broadcast stations may seem like a sideshow. The reality is, however, that an increasing number of American households are...more

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Must-See Free Speech: Can Public Access Television Refuse to Air Certain Content?

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As MuniBlog readers may be aware, public access television airs programs ranging from school district and municipal government meetings to publicly hosted programs. Sometimes a program may offend viewers or be critical of...more

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Supreme Court Decides Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

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On June 17, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-1702, holding that a private nonprofit corporation that operates the public-access channels on the cable system in...more

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January 2017 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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January was a busy month for independent contractor misclassification – and IC compliance. In addition to Lowe’s $2.85 million settlement with installers whom it classified as ICs, Lufthansa agreed to pay $1.1 million in...more

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Advanced Copyright Issues on the Internet

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During recent years, the Internet has become the basic foundational infrastructure for the global movement of data of all kinds. With continued growth at a phenomenal rate, the Internet has moved from a quiet means of...more

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Comcast and its Discontents

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Shortly after the Supreme Court’s decisions in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011) and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 321 (2011), I appeared before a federal district judge on a motion to dismiss...more

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American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, Inc.: Supreme Court Departs from Volitional Act Test for Copyright Infringement

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On June 25, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in the case of American Broadcasting Companies, et al. v. Aereo, Inc. f/k/a Bamboom Labs, Inc., Case No. 13-461 (June 25, 2014). The case centered on Aereo’s...more

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Supreme Court Decides American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.

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On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court decided American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc., No. 13-461, holding that Aereo violates the Copyright Act by streaming near-live copyrighted television programming to subscribers...more

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Aereo - A Reboot Opportunity For Broadcasters?

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Yesterday the Supreme Court issued the Aereo opinion and decided that, given its activities, Aereo is substantially similar to a cable television provider and therefore “perform[s] petitioners’ copyrighted works ‘publicly,’...more

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Supreme Court Rules Aereo’s Streaming Broadcast Service Violates the Copyright Act

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American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. – What You Need to Know - Today the Supreme Court ruled that streaming broadcast television signals to subscribers without paying for the programs violates the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Aereo’s Antenna Arrays and Streaming of Broadcast Programming to Individual Subscribers Found Infringing

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In a significant victory for the broadcast industry, the Supreme Court has held in a 6-3 decision that Aereo’s TV streaming service is a public performance within the meaning of the Copyright Act. Aereo operates massive...more

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Copyright Law Alert: Copyright Worries for Cloud Service Providers Following Aereo Decision

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The U.S. broadcasting industry scored a significant win yesterday, when the U.S. Supreme Court determined that internet TV provider Aereo infringed the copyright of broadcasters by streaming their over-the-air broadcasts to...more

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The Big Picture: Aereo Held to Violate Public Performance Right

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In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Breyer, the Supreme Court today ruled that Aereo’s internet television service infringes broadcasters’ exclusive rights to publicly perform their works. Despite the potentially broad...more

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Supreme Court Holds that Technical Differences Don’t Save Aereo From Infringement Liability

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Television broadcasters and other digital content providers issued a collective sigh of relief on June 25, 2014 when the United States Supreme Court issued its much-awaited opinion in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v....more

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The Supreme Court Decides Aereo, Finds That Transmitting Copyrighted Programs To Subscribers Is A Public Performance

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While the decision is ostensibly limited to Aereo’s particular service, it offers some guidance on how broadcast networks, cable-alternative companies like Aereo, and other content providers can innovate within the bounds of...more

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Congress's ‘Regulatory Objectives’ for Copyright Law Prevail in Supreme Court's Aereo Holding

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In American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. et al. v. Aereo, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held today by a margin of 6 to 3 that an unlicensed online broadcast television retransmission service infringed copyrights owned by...more

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Underdog or Underhanded: The Real Issues Behind Aereo

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How do you prove someone is breaking the law, if the technology they are using to do so didn’t even exist when the law was written?...more

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Supreme Court Hears Argument in Aereo Case re Bringing Broadcast TV to the Internet

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A central theme of several Justices’ comments and questions was how a decision finding Aereo’s business to involve public performance could affect Dropbox or other cloud storage providers where consumers store performance...more

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Class Actions: A Tougher Row To Hoe

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On March 27, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 opinion, further heightened plaintiffs’ burden in seeking class certification. The Court held that, under Rule 23, plaintiffs must “‘tie each theory of antitrust impact’...more

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