April 28, 2017
The full Ninth Circuit said Friday that it would not reconsider a ruling last month that internet streaming services like FilmOn X cannot use the same automatic copyright license that traditional cable companies use.
April 05, 2017
FilmOn X urged an en banc Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to review a ruling that online streaming services can't use the same copyright license used by cable companies to broadcast content, arguing the panel erroneously deferred to the U.S. Copyright Office's position on the issue.
March 21, 2017
The Ninth Circuit sided with the major broadcast networks Tuesday and ruled that internet streaming services cannot use the same automatic copyright license that traditional cable companies use, reversing an earlier decision to the contrary.
August 04, 2016
Fox and other broadcasters urged the Ninth Circuit at a hearing Thursday to reverse a district judge's ruling that Internet companies like FilmOn X deserve the same automatic copyright license that allows cable companies to stream television programs, saying FilmOn was trying to convert a legal "mouse hole for an elephant."
May 17, 2016
Broadcasters fired their final shot Monday in an effort to overturn a ruling that Internet streamers like FilmOn X deserve the same automatic copyright license as cable companies, warning the Ninth Circuit not to "substitute its judgment" for that of Congress.
March 30, 2016
FilmOn X pressed the Ninth Circuit on Monday to rule that Internet streaming services deserve the same automatic copyright license as traditional cable companies, calling opposition from television broadcasters a "Luddite argument" that "should be relegated to the history books."
February 04, 2016
Top professional baseball, football and golf leagues told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that online streaming services should not qualify for compulsory copyright licenses for broadcast television content, saying as amici to broadcasters that automatic licensing would upend the televised sports business.
December 24, 2015
From a cutting-edge fair use fight between Google and Oracle to a hotly anticipated appeal from the artists behind "Blurred Lines," 2016 is looking like it will be another fascinating year in the world of copyright law. Here are the key cases attorneys will be following.