Aereo and FilmOn X Internet Television Streaming and Copyright Law

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright.

Intellectual property.

Internet.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Discusses technology used by Aereo and FilmOn X, both of which stream television programming over the Internet for a monthly subscription fee. Examines the Copyright Act of 1976, which provides copyright holders with exclusive right to control how certain creative content is publicly performed, focusing on the transmit clause, which determines whether a performance is private or public and within scope of the public performance right. Examines interpretation of the transmit clause and public performance right by courts in WNET volume Aereo and Fox Television Stations volume FilmOn X . Reviews future litigation and related legislative proposals in the 113th Congress

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Aereo and FilmOn X.

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-AML-0085

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