Publication Date: 2016-06-20
Practice Area: Copyrights | Internet Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, Hall, Lynch, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Russell J. Frackman, Marc E. Mayer, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Christine Lepera, Jeffrey M. Movit, New York, NY, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Washington, DC on the brief, Carter G. Phillips, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Robert L. Raskopf, Todd Anten, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Michael A. Cheah, Vimeo, LLC, New York, NY & Rachel Herrick Kassabian, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA on the brief, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association: Matt Schruers, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC. For Amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Organization for Transformative Works, The Center for Democracy and Technology, Public Knowledge, and New Media Rights: Corynne McSherry, Vera Ranieri, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Sherwin Siy, Public Knowledge, Washington, DC; Art Neill, Teri Karobonik, New Media Rights, San Diego, CA; Elizabeth Rosenblatt, Rebecca Tushnet, Organization for Transformative Works, New York, NY, Emma Llansó, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC. For Amici curiae Google Inc., Facebook, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc., and Microsoft, Inc.: Michael Elkin, Thomas P. Lane, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Robert Turner, Yahoo!, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; A. John P. Mancini, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. For Amici curiae Pinterest, Inc., Tumblr, Inc., and Twitter, Inc.: Brian M. Willen, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., New York, NY; Sara E. Rowe, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA. For Amici curiae Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., American Association of Independent Music Inc., National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., Authors Guild, Inc., Association of American Publishers, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists: Thomas G. Hentoff, Jessica S. Richard, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus curaie The Copyright Alliance: Andrew H. Bart, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY; Luke C. Platzer, J. Douglas Wilson, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 14-1048
Cite as: Capitol v. Vimeo, 14-1048, NYLJ 1202760295569, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 16, 2016)CASE NAMECapitol Records, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Compa