Aereo and Copyright's Private-Public Performance Line

Authors

Glynn S. Lunney Jr, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2014

Journal Title

University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online

ISSN

0041-9907

Abstract

On January 10, 2014, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc. By doing so, the Court has seized an opportunity to bring some rationality to copyright's line between public and private performances. In this pending case, the respondent, Aereo, uses thousands of tiny antennae to capture television broadcast signals, which then transmit the signals to its subscribers over the Internet. The question presented is whether Aereo "publicly performs" the copyrighted works carried in the television broadcast signals that are captured and retransmitted.

First Page

205

Last Page

219

Volume Number

162

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Recommended Citation

Glynn S. Lunney Jr, Aereo and Copyright's Private-Public Performance Line, 162 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 205 (2014).
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