American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.
| American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. | |
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| Argued April 22, 2014 Decided June 25, 2014 | |
| Full case name | American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Aereo, Inc., f.k.a. Bamboom Labs, Inc. |
| Docket no. | 13-461 |
| Citations | 573 U.S. 431 (more) 134 S. Ct. 2498; 189 L. Ed. 2d 476; 110 U.S.P.Q.2d 1961 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Injunction denied, Am. Broad. Cos. v. Aereo, Inc., 874 F. Supp. 2d 373 (S.D.N.Y. 2012); affirmed sub. nom., WNET v. Aereo, Inc., 712 F.3d 676 (2d Cir. 2013); rehearing en banc denied, 722 F.3d 500 (2d Cir. 2013); cert. granted, 571 U.S. 1118 (2014). |
| Holding | |
| Aereo's retransmission of television broadcasts was a "public performance" of the networks' copyrighted work. The Copyright Act of 1976 forbids such performances without the permission of the holder of the copyright. Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas, Alito |
| Laws applied | |
| Copyright Act of 1976 | |
American Broadcasting Cos., Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., 573 U.S. 431 (2014), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Court ruled that the service provided by Aereo, which allowed subscribers to view live and time-shifted streams of over-the-air television on Internet-connected devices, violated copyright laws.