WPIX, INC. v. IVI, INC.

Docket No. 11-788-cv.

691 F.3d 275 (2012)

WPIX, INC., WNET.ORG, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc., CBS Studios, Inc., The CW Television Stations, Inc., NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Studios, Inc., Universal Network Television, LLC, Telemundo Network Group, LLC, NBC Telemundo License Company, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, MLB Advanced Media, L.P., Cox Media Group, Inc., Fisher Broadcasting-Seattle TV, L.L.C., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Fox Television Stations, Inc., Tribune Television Holdings, Inc., Tribune Television Northwest, Inc., Univision Television Group, Inc., The Univision Network Limited Partnership, Telefutura Network, WGBH Educational Foundation, Thirteen, and Public Broadcasting Service, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. IVI, INC., and Todd Weaver, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Alan Garrett ( Peter L. Zimroth , Hadrian R. Katz , Lisa S. Blatt , C. Scott Morrow , R. Reeves Anderson , on the brief), Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, and Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Lawrence D. Graham ( Ellen M. Bierman , on the brief), Black Lowe & Graham PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: WINTER, CHIN, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.


CHIN, Circuit Judge:

In this case, plaintiffs-appellees — producers and owners of copyrighted television programming — sued defendants-appellants ivi, Inc. ("ivi") and its Chief Executive Officer, Todd Weaver, for streaming plaintiffs' copyrighted television programming over the Internet live and without their consent. The district court granted a preliminary injunction for plaintiffs, holding that: (1) plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits...

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