Harlan ELLISON, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Stephen ROBERTSON, an individual a/k/a Steven Robertson a/k/a [email protected], Defendant, and
America Online Inc., a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted March 6, 2003.
Filed February 10, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Glen L. Kulik, John H. Carmichael (brief), and Brigit K. Connelly, of Kulik, Gottesman, and Mouton, LLP, Sherman Oaks, CA, and Charles E. Petit (argued), Law Office of Charles E. Petit, Urbana, IL, for the plaintiff-appellant.
Daniel Scott Schecter (argued) and Belinda S. Lee, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.
Donald B. Verilli, Jr. (argued), Thomas J. Perilli, Kali N. Bracey, and Younjae Lee, Jenner & Block, LLC, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae BMG Music, EMI Recorded Music, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group.
Sonya D. Winner, Evan Cox, Daniel Hirsch, Covington & Burling, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Business Software Alliance.
Daniel Schultz, James J. Halpert, and Arthur F. Fergenson, Piper Rudnick, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae Internet Commerce Coalition and Stewart A. Baker and Alice E. Loughran, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S. Internet Service Provider Association.
Laura A. Kaster, Frank L. Politano, and Michele A. Farber, AT & T Corp., Bedminster, NJ, for amicus curiae AT & T Corporation.
Bruce G. Joseph and Scott E. Bain, Wiley, Rein, & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Association of American Universities, American Council on Education, and National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
Before PREGERSON, THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Harlan Ellison appeals the district court's summary judgment dismissal of his copyright infringement action against America Online, Inc. (AOL). The copyright infringement action arose when, without Ellison's authorization, Stephen Robertson posted copies of some of Ellison's copyrighted short stories on a peer-to-peer file sharing network, the USENET.1 Because AOL provides its subscribers access to the USENET...
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