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Sony Corp. Vs. Universal City Studios

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 17, 1984

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  2. Grant Vs. Raymond US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1832
  3. Twentieth Century Music Corp. Vs. Aiken US Supreme Court · Jun 17, 1975
  4. Fox Film Corp. Vs. Doyal US Supreme Court · May 16, 1932
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  8. Mazer Vs. Stein US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1954
  9. Sony Corp. v. Universal
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  10. City Studios - 464 U.S. 417 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Sony Corp. v. Universal
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  11. City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984) Sony Corporation of America v. Universal
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  12. copyright owner does not possess the exclusive right to such a use. Pp. 464 U. S. 428 -434. (b) Kalem Co. v. Harper
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  13. providing the fullest possible access to information through the public airwaves. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic
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  14. The copyright law, like the patent statutes, makes reward to the owner a secondary consideration. In Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal
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  15. United States v. Paramount
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  16. Act of 1909, 35 Stat. 1075, it was settled that the protection given to copyrights is wholly statutory. Wheaton v. Peters
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  17. afforded by the copyright without explicit legislative guidance is a recurring theme. See, e.g., Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia
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  18. Fortnightly Corp. v. United
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  19. White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo
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  20. Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United
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  21. this Court has said, 'lie in the general benefits derived by the public from the labors of authors.' Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal
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  22. U. S. 123 , 286 U. S. 127 . See Kendall v. Winsor
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  23. hold one individual accountable for the actions of another. Such circumstances were plainly present in Kalem Co. v. Harper
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  24. Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm
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  25. U. S. 48 (1912), overruled on other grounds, Page 464 U. S. 442 Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Universal
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  26. Whatever the future percentage of legal v. illegal
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  27. conflicts with one of the specific exclusive rights conferred by the copyright statute. Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken
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  28. to freely broadcast television programs, it yields societal benefits. In Community Television of Southern California v. Gottfried
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  29. Deepsouth Packing Co. v. Laitram
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  30. the development and marketing of player pianos and perforated rolls of music, see White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo
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  31. that made it possible to retransmit television programs by cable or by microwave systems, see Fortnightly Corp. v. United
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  32. Artists Television, Inc., 392 U. S. 390 (1968), and Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia
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  33. d)(5) (1982 ed.) after years of detailed congressional study, see Eastern Microwave, Inc. v. Doubleday
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  34. White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo
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  35. Deep South Packing Co. v. Laitram
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  36. in the history of the constitutionally sanctioned monopolies of the copyright and the patent. See, e.g., United States v. Paramount
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  37. International Business Machines Corp. v. United
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  38. Famous Music Corp. v. Bay
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  39. KECA Music, Inc. v. Dingus
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  40. Dreamland Ball Room, Inc. v. Shapiro
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  41. directly in any infringing activity were found not to be liable for contributory infringement. E.g., Deutsch v. Arnold
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  42. Id. at 308 (emphasis in original). In Gershwin Publishing Corp. v. Columbia
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  43. benefit from the actions of the primary infringers. Id. at 1163. In Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc. v. Mark-Fi
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  44. E.g., United States v. Paramount
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  45. which we have expressed in the past in applying doctrine formulated in one area to the other. See generally Mazer v. Stein
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  46. United Drug Co. v. Theodore
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  47. Canal Co. v. Clark
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  48. copyright case, we do not look to the standard for contributory infringement set forth in Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives
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  49. ed.). Cf. Schnapper v. Foley
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Sony Corp. v. Universal
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