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SUBAFILMS, LTD. v. MGM-PATHE COMMUNICATIONS, CO.

Nos. 91-56248, 91-56379 and 91-56289.

24 F.3d 1088 (1994)

SUBAFILMS, LTD.; The Hearst Corp., Plaintiffs-counter-defendants-Appellees, v. MGM-PATHE COMMUNICATIONS CO., fka MGM/UA Communications Co. and as United Artists Corporation; MGM/UA Home Video, Inc.; Warner Home Video, Inc.; Warner Bros. Inc., Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellants. SUBAFILMS, LTD.; The Hearst Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MGM-PATHE COMMUNICATIONS CO., fka MGM/UA Communications Co. and as United Artists Corporation; MGM/UA Home Video, Inc.; Warner Home Video, Inc.; Warner Bros. Inc.; United Artists Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Petrich, Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-counter-claimants-appellants United Artists Corp., MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM/UA Home Video, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc., and Warner Home Video, Inc.

Bertram Fields, Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellees Subafilms, Ltd. and The Hearst Corp.

Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, and BROWNING, TANG, POOLE, D.W. NELSON, BEEZER, HALL, BRUNETTI, KOZINSKI, THOMPSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge D.W. NELSON.

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we consider the "vexing question"1 of whether a claim for infringement can be brought under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. (1988), when the assertedly infringing conduct consists solely of the authorization within the territorial boundaries of the United States of acts that occur entirely abroad. We hold that such allegations do not...

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