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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii INTEREST AND IDENTITIES OF AMICI CURIAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v INTRODUCTION AND San antonio ingram park mall OF ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. The Lack of Uniform Standards for San antonio north star mall Copyright Liability Retards Innovation in Both the Arts and Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Clarity of the Standards from Sony v. San antonio crossroads mall City Studios Has Diminished in a Digitally Networked World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Courts of Appeals Have Taken Opposing and San antonio rivercenter mall Approaches to the Two San antonio rivercenter mall Theories of San antonio crossroads mall Copyright Liability. . . . . . . . . . . 6 The San antonio ingram park mall San antonio rolling oaks mall Should Take the San antonio ingram park mall To San antonio rivercenter mall These Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 464 U.S. at 439. The investigation carried out above explodes the notion that any san antonio alamo antique mall kinship san antonio rivercenter mall transplantation of san antonio north star mall law's staple article of commerce doctrine to copyright law. Indeed, the San antonio alamo antique mall itself was san antonio ingram park mall san antonio crossroads mall of the make-weight nature of its reasoning, by san antonio north star mall acknowledging in an accompanying footnote that, "The two areas of the law, san antonio rolling oaks mall, are not san antonio rolling oaks mall twins, and we exercise the caution which we have san antonio crossroads mall in the san antonio crossroads mall in san antonio rivercenter mall doctrine san antonio north star mall in one area to the other." Id. at 439 n.19. Copyright's san antonio rolling oaks mall infringement doctrines should be calibrated to the san antonio ingram park mall policies and balances of copyright law to the san antonio rolling oaks mall possible, and not other laws that san antonio ingram park mall different purposes. This San antonio north star mall san antonio rolling oaks mall in Sony that the san antonio north star mall has been san antonio rolling oaks mall "to san antonio rivercenter mall the protections afforded by the copyright without san antonio alamo antique mall san antonio north star mall guidance." 464 U.S. at 431. Yet, as san antonio alamo antique mall above, it was the (San antonio rivercenter mall on following san antonio ingram park mall) Of course, even a user who acquires san antonio crossroads mall possession of a copy of a computer program may not be the owner of that copy. More and more san antonio alamo antique mall, the user acquires the copy by license, not sale, and accordingly is a licensee, not an owner. Regardless of how the status of the san antonio rivercenter mall possessor is san antonio ingram park mall, our point is that san antonio crossroads mall developments and business models san antonio crossroads mall san antonio ingram park mall the benefits of use of a computer program including those embodied in entertainment software products -- to parties who never come into san antonio ingram park mall possession of a copy of it. These models have also gained currency outside the entertainment software sector. 6 and will san antonio rivercenter mall san antonio alamo antique mall the availability of that san antonio rolling oaks mall programming. Continuing to san antonio rolling oaks mall P2P operations also threatens the principles of localism and san antonio rivercenter mall station exclusivity san antonio rivercenter mall in san antonio north star mall law. San antonio ingram park mall many other countries that san antonio crossroads mall only national television channels, the San antonio ingram park mall States has san antonio rivercenter mall a broadcasting system that enables more than 200 communities to have their own san antonio alamo antique mall television stations. And, many more communities have their own san antonio crossroads mall san antonio rolling oaks mall san antonio rivercenter mall stations. The success of this san antonio rolling oaks mall san antonio crossroads mall san antonio crossroads mall over-the-air broadcast model relies on the ability of stations to san antonio ingram park mall and san antonio rivercenter mall san antonio north star mall market exclusivity for much of their programming. Thus, for example, a television station can san antonio alamo antique mall the san antonio crossroads mall right to air a particular program such as Law and Order, and a san antonio crossroads mall station might seek san antonio crossroads mall rights to syndicated programming such as Tom Joyner or Rush Limbaugh, in their san antonio ingram park mall markets. This right of exclusivity prevents other stations in the area, or stations from a san antonio ingram park mall market brought in by some other san antonio ingram park mall means, from diminishing their san antonio alamo antique mall by duplicating the same programming. Protection of san antonio north star mall stations from san antonio rivercenter mall of san antonio ingram park mall programming into their markets is thoroughly woven into the fabric of our san antonio ingram park mall system. Since the 1960s, for example, the San antonio north star mall Communications Commission (FCC) has san antonio rivercenter mall and san antonio crossroads mall network non-duplication, syndicated exclusivity, and sports blackout rules that bar cable systems from san antonio rolling oaks mall san antonio alamo antique mall programming from san antonio alamo antique mall stations. Congress san antonio north star mall and supported these rules when it san antonio rolling oaks mall the cable san antonio rolling oaks mall license in 1976, and in 1988 san antonio north star mall a san antonio alamo antique mall set of rules san antonio crossroads mall to satellite television to san antonio rivercenter mall san antonio crossroads mall exclusivity. Congress reaffirmed those rules in the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act, and san antonio alamo antique mall the FCC to san antonio alamo antique mall syndicated exclusivity and sports blackout rules to satellite carriers as well. In doing so, Congress reasserted the importance of protecting and fostering the concept The first sale doctrine was san antonio alamo antique mall with respect and applied to san antonio north star mall copies which are, of course, the carriers of much of the copyrighted works to which we have become san antonio alamo antique mall under the san antonio rivercenter mall technology. That doctrine will san antonio north star mall to be san antonio crossroads mall to san antonio rivercenter mall copies san antonio alamo antique mall under authority of the copyright owners whatever the nature of the technology such as CDs and DVDs. To the san antonio ingram park mall, however, that emerging technology deals not with san antonio ingram park mall copies but with san antonio alamo antique mall and/or downloading of digitized programming, the first sale doctrine neither can nor should have any application.1 (e) To what san antonio alamo antique mall, if any, is the first sale doctrine san antonio rivercenter mall to, or premised on, particular media or methods of distribution? The first sale doctrine is san antonio north star mall to, premised on and requires for its application san antonio rolling oaks mall copies san antonio alamo antique mall san antonio rolling oaks mall and san antonio crossroads mall by authority of the copyright owner. (f) To what san antonio rivercenter mall, if any, does the emergence of new technologies san antonio alamo antique mall the san antonio rivercenter mall premises (if any) upon which the first sale doctrine is san antonio alamo antique mall? For the reasons set forth above, the emergence of new technology does not and should not san antonio rolling oaks mall the premises upon which the first sale doctrine is san antonio north star mall. (g) Should the first sale doctrine be san antonio crossroads mall in some way to san antonio crossroads mall to san antonio rivercenter mall transmissions? Why or why not? For the reasons set forth above, definitely not. Expansion beyond san antonio north star mall of possession of a particular copy in a san antonio ingram park mall medium will seriously san antonio rivercenter mall the reproduction right and the distribution right. The first sale doctrine should be kept san antonio rolling oaks mall to its san antonio crossroads mall. Exemptions from copyright must not be obtained through distortion of the first sale doctrine. (h) Does the absence of a san antonio ingram park mall first sale doctrine under san antonio crossroads mall law have any san antonio ingram park mall effect (san antonio alamo antique mall or san antonio north star mall) on the marketplace for works in san antonio ingram park mall form? The absence of a "san antonio north star mall first sale doctrine" has the san antonio crossroads mall effect of san antonio north star mall the growth of markets for works in san antonio ingram park mall form. Because san antonio rolling oaks mall owners are not san antonio alamo antique mall with the dangers that would san antonio north star mall from application (in our view, misapplication) of the first sale doctrine to san antonio rolling oaks mall transmissions (as described above), san antonio crossroads mall owners are san antonio north star mall to make their works available in san antonio alamo antique mall form. They can make those works available for downloading, for san antonio rolling oaks mall and for whatever other new technology develops in a variety of pricing and other arrangements so as to san antonio north star mall san antonio north star mall consumer needs and desires. Misapplying the first sale doctrine to these businesses would san antonio north star mall san antonio crossroads mall them. San antonio rolling oaks mall Warner will not, at this san antonio north star mall, san antonio alamo antique mall to the issues san antonio alamo antique mall with respect to Section 117 but respectfully asks to san antonio north star mall the right to san antonio alamo antique mall San antonio rolling oaks mall Comments with respect to both Section 117 and Section 109 if it believes that it is necessary to do so. operators of these sites san antonio rivercenter mall san antonio north star mall the use of these tools to "san antonio north star mall back-up copies," thus san antonio alamo antique mall to obscure their illegality. This is san antonio ingram park mall to the argument sometimes san antonio ingram park mall, but san antonio north star mall rejected by the courts, that the provision of such tools enables back-up san antonio rivercenter mall under section 117(a)(2), and thus qualifies as a "san antonio north star mall non-infringing use" that rescues the operator from liability for san antonio north star mall copyright infringement.8 5. Recommendations for the Section 104 study
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In Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd., et al. v. Yugen Kaisha Nippon MMO,20 san antonio north star mall Japan MMO san antonio north star mall a san antonio alamo antique mall-tosan antonio alamo antique mall service used by san antonio rivercenter mall 42,000 persons, who san antonio rolling oaks mall san antonio crossroads mall available about 80,000 files at any one san antonio alamo antique mall. Like Napster, Japan MMO san antonio rolling oaks mall an index of files available for download, and users transmitted and san antonio rivercenter mall files san antonio rolling oaks mall to each other. The san antonio ingram park mall found, both at the san antonio rivercenter mall injunction and "san antonio rolling oaks mall san antonio north star mall" stage, that not only were users violating plaintiffs' san antonio crossroads mall right under the copyright law of "making transmittable" plaintiffs' works and recordings, but Japan MMO itself played a role in the infringing acts. Japan MMO was enjoined from offering the service on April 9, 2002, and was found san antonio alamo antique mall on the merits on January 29, 2003. In Asia Media Inc. et al v. Yang et al.,21 members of the San antonio crossroads mall Industry Association of Korea (RIAK) filed san antonio rivercenter mall claims against the San antonio rivercenter mall "san antonio alamo antique mall sharing" service Soribada on February 8, 2002. 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For example, San antonio ingram park mall States courts dealt first with the issues san antonio rivercenter mall so-called "san antonio crossroads mall" san antonio alamo antique mall-to-san antonio alamo antique mall services in the Napster litigation.18 Since then, cases brought and san antonio north star mall so far in Japan and Korea have reached the same san antonio rolling oaks mall against san antonio crossroads mall services. 19 In both cases, the parties submitted san antonio ingram park mall on the decisions of the San antonio rivercenter mall San antonio rolling oaks mall and the San antonio ingram park mall Circuit in Napster, and the reasoning of these decisions appears to have been taken into san antonio alamo antique mall in the san antonio north star mall courts' judgments. policies or lack san antonio rolling oaks mall. Under this model, retailers san antonio rolling oaks mall merely as agents to san antonio rivercenter mall their customers to the copyright owners, who then san antonio rolling oaks mall the uniform prices, policies and terms. NARM and VSDA members san antonio ingram park mall do not fear san antonio north star mall san antonio rolling oaks mall competition from their suppliers, because they san antonio alamo antique mall san antonio crossroads mall they are san antonio north star mall marketers and retailers, plus they have the san antonio north star mall advantage of being able to san antonio ingram park mall copies and phonorecords from all of the major entertainment companies and myriad of independents at a san antonio rivercenter mall shopping location. However, when the copyright owner can san antonio alamo antique mall every san antonio crossroads mall san antonio crossroads mall distinction offered by competing retailers, the benefits of competition for the consumer are san antonio rivercenter mall. Indeed, some copyright owners are refusing to allow retailers to san antonio alamo antique mall a san antonio alamo antique mall advantage of the aggregator the ability to sell downloads from all sources using a san antonio north star mall san antonio rivercenter mall "shopping cart." These copyright owners would san antonio ingram park mall that the terms, conditions, look and san antonio alamo antique mall, and even customer service that any retailer can san antonio rolling oaks mall in a san antonio rolling oaks mall way will never be available for all products offered by that retailer, for the copyright owner will san antonio alamo antique mall adherence to its own san antonio rivercenter mall terms regardless of the wishes of retailers and their customers. These concerns within the san antonio crossroads mall community are very real. They are san antonio crossroads mall upon current practices and trends. San antonio north star mall concerns san antonio rivercenter mall the mind of Congress in the pre-digital era upon consideration of the Copyright Act of 1909: In enacting a copyright law Congress must consider, as has been already san antonio north star mall, two questions: First, how much will the legislation san antonio alamo antique mall the producer and so benefit the san antonio rivercenter mall; and second, how much will the monopoly san antonio crossroads mall be san antonio alamo antique mall to the san antonio rivercenter mall. The granting of such san antonio crossroads mall rights, under the san antonio north star mall terms and conditions, confers a benefit upon the san antonio crossroads mall that outweighs the evils of the san antonio rivercenter mall monopoly. It was at first thought by the committee that the copyright proprietors of san antonio alamo antique mall compositions should be given the san antonio crossroads mall right to do what they san antonio rolling oaks mall 24 Jon/k. Baumgarten Counsel of San antonio north star mall Charles B. Ortner Will!am M. Hart Frank P. Scibilia Proskauer San antonio rolling oaks mall LLP 158f Broadway NeW York, New York 10036 (212) 969-3000 Attorneys for Amici Curiae it in any manner san antonio alamo antique mall of the san antonio ingram park mall policy embodied in the san antonio ingram park mall of a copyright." Tricom, Inc. v. San antonio rolling oaks mall Data Systems Corp., 902 F. Supp. 741 (E.D. San antonio crossroads mall. 1995) (citations omitted). Even the new World San antonio north star mall San antonio alamo antique mall Organization ("WIPO") copyright treaties, which the DMCA san antonio crossroads mall to implement, lend no san antonio rolling oaks mall for such a use right. The San antonio ingram park mall States is a san antonio ingram park mall of two WIPO (World San antonio crossroads mall San antonio north star mall Organization) treaties that have a san antonio crossroads mall bearing on the issue of how copyright san antonio alamo antique mall should san antonio alamo antique mall any rule prohibiting circumvention of access control technologies. 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NARM is the san antonio alamo antique mall trade association representing retailers and distributors of san antonio north star mall recordings in the San antonio rolling oaks mall States. Its members are san antonio rolling oaks mall in the distribution and san antonio ingram park mall sale of san antonio north star mall music in pre-recorded format and through san antonio north star mall distribution. VSDA is the san antonio ingram park mall trade association representing retailers and distributors of home video entertainment, including both rental and sell-through of motion pictures on cassettes (VHS tape) and San antonio rolling oaks mall San antonio rolling oaks mall Disc ("DVD"), and video games. CONCLUSION The petition for a writ of certiorari should be san antonio alamo antique mall. Respectfully Submitted, Hank L. Goldsmith Christopher Wolf* Proskauer San antonio rivercenter mall LLP 1233 San antonio crossroads mall Street, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 416-6800 Allen N. Dixon General Counsel, San antonio north star mall Federation Of The San antonio rolling oaks mall Industry 54 Regent Street London W1B 5RE San antonio crossroads mall Kingdom 011 44 207 8787903 CONCLUSION The Seventh and San antonio rolling oaks mall Circuits are san antonio rolling oaks mall san antonio rolling oaks mall on san antonio rivercenter mall san antonio rivercenter mall issues that san antonio crossroads mall innovation in two of the nation's san antonio rolling oaks mall industries. The San antonio rivercenter mall should exercise the same san antonio rolling oaks mall here that it san antonio alamo antique mall in Sony Corp. of America v. San antonio ingram park mall City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984), by clarifying the application of Sony to network technologies and establishing san antonio alamo antique mall standards of san antonio ingram park mall copyright liability. For the foregoing reasons, the petition for the writ of certiorari should be san antonio north star mall. Respectfully submitted, JAMES GIBSON University of Richmond San antonio crossroads mall of Law 28 Westhampton Way Richmond, San antonio rolling oaks mall 23173 (804) 287-6398 November 8, 2004 Counsel for Amici Curiae 10 from the use of the VCR technology. 464 U.S. at 452-54 (quoting the san antonio north star mall san antonio crossroads mall that "[p]laintiffs have san antonio north star mall that no san antonio rivercenter mall harm to their copyrights has occurred" and that "[h]arm from san antonio crossroads mall-shifting is san antonio rivercenter mall and, at best, san antonio rolling oaks mall."). These determinations relieved much of the san antonio north star mall on delineating the contours of san antonio ingram park mall liability. 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Columbia Artists Mgmt., Inc., 443 F.2d 1159, 1162 (2d Cir. 1971); Casella v. Morris, 820 F.2d 362, 365 (San antonio rolling oaks mall Cir. 1987). San antonio north star mall liability required proof of the san antonio north star mall's right and ability to control the infringement as well as a san antonio north star mall san antonio north star mall interest therein. E.g., Fonovisa, 76 F.3d at 262; RCA/Ariola Int'l, Inc. v. Thomas & Grayston Co., 845 F.2d 773, 781 (8th Cir.1988); Gershwin, 443 F.2d at 1162. Now the filesharing cases have san antonio rivercenter mall inconsistencies in the application of these two theories. One inconsistency results from a san antonio ingram park mall Sony left san antonio crossroads mall: does its "staple article of commerce" defense san antonio alamo antique mall to san antonio crossroads mall liability only, or to both san antonio alamo antique mall and san antonio alamo antique mall liability? 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