ROSSI v. MOTION PICTURE ASS'N OF AMERICA

No. 03-16034.

391 F.3d 1000 (2004)

Michael J. ROSSI, dba Internet Movies.Com, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC.; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Fosbinder, Fosbinder & Fosbinder, A Law Corporation, Kahului, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Russell J. Frackman and Elena Segal, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles, California, and Paul Maki, a Law Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellee.

Steven A. Marenberg, Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amici curiae American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, et al.

James J. Halpert, Piper Rudnick, LLP, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae NetCoalition and Internet Commerce Coalition.

Before: FARRIS, NOONAN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

We agree that no material issue of fact was raised regarding the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) "good faith belief" that Rossi was infringing upon copyrighted materials. Because the MPAA's actions, compliant with the notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512, constitute "justification," were privileged and were not unreasonable, we affirm the district court...

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