Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul M. Smith , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC ( William M. Hohengarten , Scott B. Wilkens , Matthew S. Hellman , and Susan J. Kohlmann , Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, and Washington, DC; Theodore B. Olson and Matthew D. McGill , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Stuart J. Baskin , Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants Viacom International, Inc., et al.
Charles S. Sims , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, N.Y. ( William M. Hart , Noah Siskind Gitterman , and Elizabeth A. Figueira , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants Football Association Premier League Ltd., et al.; Max W. Berger and John C. Browne, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Football Association Premier League Ltd., Bourne Co., Murbo Music Publishing, Inc., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc., X-Ray Dog Music, Inc., and Fédération Française de Tennis; Louis M. Solomon and Hal S. Shaftel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellant Football Association Premier League Ltd.; Jacqueline C. Charlesworth and Cindy P. Abramson, Morrison & Foerster, New York, NY, and David S. Stellings and Annika K. Martin, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellant Stage Three Music (US), Inc., and Plaintiffs-Appellants National Music Publishers' Association, Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Edward B. Marks Music Co., Freddy Bienstock Music Co. d/b/a Bienstock Publishing Co., and Alley Music Corporation; Daniel Girard and Christina Connolly Sharp, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA, David Garrison, Barrett Johnston & Parsley, Nashville, TN, and Kevin Doherty, Burr & Forman LLP, Nashville, TN, on the brief, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cal IV Entertainment LLC; Christopher Lovell and Christopher M. McGrath, Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP, New York, NY, Jeffrey L. Graubart, Pasadena, CA, and Steve D'Onofrio, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs The Music Force Media Group LLC, The Music Force, LLC, and Sin-Drome Records, Ltd.
Andrew H. Schapiro , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, N.Y. ( A. John P. Mancini and Brian M. Willen , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; David H. Kramer , Michael H. Rubin , and Bart E. Volkmer , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.
Clifford M. Sloan ( Christopher G. Clark and Mary E. Rasenberger , on the brief), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, and Washington, DC, for amici curiae Advance Publications, Inc., Association of American Publishers, Association of American University Presses, The Associated Press, The Center for the Rule of Law, Gannett Co., Inc., ICBC Broadcast Holdings, Inc., Institute for Policy Innovation, The Ladies Professional Golf Association, The McClatchy Co., The Media Institute, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, Inc., National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, The National Football League, Newspaper Association of America, Picture Archive Council of America, Professional Photographers of America, Radio Television Digital News Association, Rosetta Stone Ltd., The E.W. Scripps Co., Sports Rights Owners Coalition, The Washington Post, and Zuffa LLC, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Peter D. DeChiara , Cohen, Weiss & Simon LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, Inc., International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Screen Actors Guild, Inc., and Studio Transportation Drivers, Local 399, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Russell J. Frackman , Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae Broadcast Music, Inc., American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, SESAC, Inc., The Society of Composers and Lyricists, The Association of Independent Music Publishers, Songwriters Guild of America, The Recording Academy, The Nashville Songwriters Association International, American Association of Independent Music, Music Publishers' Association of the United States, Lisa Thomas Music Services, LLC, Garth Brooks, Bruce Hornsby, Boz Scaggs, Sting, Roger Waters, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, and Joe Walsh (The Eagles), in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Carey R. Ramos ( Lynn B. Bayard and Darren W. Johnson , on the brief), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae Stuart N. Brotman, Ronald A. Cass, and Raymond T. Nimmer, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Jonathan L. Marcus ( Martin F. Hansen , Matthew Berns , Brian D. Ginsberg & Evan R. Cox, on the brief), Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Business Software Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Robert Penchina , Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, L.L.P., New York, NY, for amicus curiae CBS Corp., in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Bruce A. Lehman ( Jason D. Koch and Cameron Coffey , on the brief), Washington, DC, for amicus curiae International Intellectual Property Institute, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Bruce E. Boyden , Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI, for amici curiae Intellectual Property Law Professors, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Gregory G. Garre , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC ( Lori Alvino McGill , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas W. Burt , Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, and Jacob Schatz , Electronic Arts Inc., Redwood City, CA, on the brief), for amicus curiae Microsoft Corp. & Electronic Arts Inc., in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Kelly M. Klaus , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA ( Susan Cleary , Independent Film & Television Alliance, on the brief) for amicus curiae Motion Picture Association of America, Independent Film & Television Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Richard B. Kendall ( Laura W. Brill and Joshua Y. Karp , on the brief), Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae Matthew L. Spitzer, John R. Allison, Robert G. Bone, Hugh C. Hansen, Michael S. Knoll, Reinier H. Kraakman, Alan Schwartz, and Robert E. Scott, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Andrew M. Riddles , Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Michael J. Songer , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, and Daniel J. Popeo and Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amicus curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Ron Lazebnik , Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY, for amici curiae Anaheim Ballet, Michael Moore, Khan Academy Inc., Adam Bahner, Michael Bassik, Dane Boedigheimer, Matthew Brown, Michael Buckley, Shay Butler, Charles Como, Iman Crosson, Philip De Vellis, Rawn Erickson, Hank Green, John Green, Kassem Gharaibeh, William Louis Hyde, Kevin Nalty, Allison Speed, Charles Todd, Charles Trippy, and Barnett Zitron, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Seth D. Greenstein , Constantine Cannon LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Professor Michael Carrier, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Jonathan Band , Washington, DC ( Markham C. Erickson , Holch & Erickson LLP, Washington, DC, and Matthew Schruers , Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association, and Netcoalition, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Michael Barclay , Menlo Park, CA; Deborah R. Gerhardt , UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC, for amicus curiae Consumer Electronics Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Andrew P. Bridges , Winston & Strawn LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae eBay Inc., Facebook, Inc., IAC/Interactivecorp., and Yahoo! Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Corynne M. McSherry ( Abigail Phillips , on the brief), Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy & Technology, International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions, American Library Association, Association of College & Research Libraries, and Association of Research Libraries, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
David T. Goldberg ( Sean H. Donahue , on the brief), Donahue & Goldberg, LLP, New York, NY, and Washington, DC, for amici curiae Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, and Access, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Rebecca S. Engrav , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for amici curiae Intellectual Property and Internet Law Professors, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Gregory P. Gulia ( Vanessa C. Hew and R. Terry Parker , on the brief), Duane Morris LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae MP3Tunes, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Jennifer M. Urban , Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, for amici curiae National Alliance for Media Art and Culture and The Alliance for Community Media, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Anthony P. Schoenberg ( Stephanie P. Skaff , Deepak Gupta , and David K. Ismay , on the brief), Farella Braun & Martel LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae National Consumers League, Consumers Union of United States, Inc., Consumer Action, and United States Student Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Joseph C. Gratz ( Michael H. Page and Ragesh K. Tangri , on the brief), Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae National Venture Capital Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Benjamin J. Kallos , New York, N.Y. ( Sherwin Siy and Michael Weinberg , Public Knowledge, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amicus curiae Public Knowledge, in support of Defendants-Appellees.
Patrick J. Coyne , Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC ( David W. Hill , American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, VA, on the brief), for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association, in support of neither party.
Jeremy H. Stern , Stern Digital Strategies, Manhattan Beach, CA ( Partha P. Chattoraj , Markowitz & Chattoraj LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for amicus curiae Audible Magic Corp., in support of neither party.
Stephen M. Wurzburg , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for amicus curiae Vobile, Inc., in support of neither party.
Before: CABRANES and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.
