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STARZ ENT. v. MGM DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION

No. 21-55379.

39 F.4th 1236 (2022)

STARZ ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MGM DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 14, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Perry (argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Orin Snyder , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York; Blaine H. Evanson , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, California; Jay P. Srinivasan , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

J. Wesley Earnhardt (argued), Evan R. Chesler , and Justin C. Clarke , Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York; Robert N. Klieger , Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Tyler T. Ochoa , Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, for Amicus Curiae Professor Tyler T. Ochoa.

Benjamin H. Diessel and Michael Rondon , Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Haven, Connecticut; Nathan E. Denning , Wiggin and Dana LLP, New York, New York; for Amici Curiae Authors Guild Inc., and Other Artists' Rights Organizations.

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., provides that a civil action for copyright infringement is timely so long as it is "commenced within three years after the claim accrued." 17 U.S.C. § 507(b). Generally, the claim "accrues" when the infringement or violation of one of the copyright...

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