Publication Date: 2017-08-28
Practice Area: Copyrights
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
Date Filed: 2017-08-24
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: André Birotte, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Leslie E. Kobayashi,*District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald B. Verrilli Jr. (argued),Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Glenn D. Pomerantz, Kelly M. Klaus, Rosa Leda Ehler, and Allyson R. Bennettt, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees.
for defendant: Peter K. Stris (argued), Elizabeth Rogers Brannen, Dana Berkowitz, and Victor O'Connell, Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Brendan S. Maher, Daniel L. Geyser, and Douglas D. Geyser, Stris & Maher LLP, Dallas, Texas; Ryan Geoffrey Baker, Jaime Wayne Marquart, and Scott M. Malzahn, Baker Marquart LLP, Los Angeles, California; David W. Quinto, VidAngel Inc., Beverly Hills, California; Shaun P. Martin, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California; for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant.
Case Number: No. 16-56843
Family Movie Act of 2005 did not exempt from liability for copyright infringement online streaming service that offered filtered versions of movies (Hurwitz, J.)