The New Jersey District Court’s recent application of copyright law to an Internet transaction extended the subject matter covered by the statute, but it did so by relying on conventional copyright doctrines.
In Video Pipeline v. Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5400), the court found that posting Internet content derived from copyright protected material constituted copyright infringement and held that a retailer’s Web site cannot lawfully promote movies with a Web site button that allows Internet customers to view a third-party site that shows unauthorized trailers for selected movies.
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