Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley
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Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley (originally known as Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes), 273 F.3d 429 (2nd Cir., 2001), was a court ruling at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[1] The ruling was the first significant test of the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | Universal City Studios, Inc., Para-Mount Pictures Corporation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., Tristar Pictures, Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P., Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Shawn C. Reimerdes, Eric Corley a/k/a "Emmanuel Goldstein," Roman Kazan, and 2600 Enterprises, Inc., Defendants. |
Argued | May 1, 2001 |
Decided | November 28, 2001 |
Citation(s) | 273 F.3d 429 |
Holding | |
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits the distribution of software that enables users to circumvent copyright protection mechanisms. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Jon O. Newman, José A. Cabranes, Alvin W. Thompson |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Jon O. Newman |
Keywords | |
Copyright law, anti-circumvention |
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