ASSOCIATED PRESS v. MELTWATER U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.

No. 12 Civ. 1087 (DLC).

931 F.Supp.2d 537 (2013)

The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Plaintiff, v. MELTWATER U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.; Meltwater News U.S., Inc.; and Meltwater News U.S. 1, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth McNamara , Alison Brooke Schary , Colin James Peng-Sue , Linda Jane Steinman , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

David Kramer , Brian Willen , Catherine Grealis , Tonia Klausner , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, NY, for Defendants.

Charles S. Smims , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae the New York Times Company, Advance Publications, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., the McClatchy Company, the Newspaper Association of America, and BurrellesLuce, in support of plaintiff.

Julie A. Ahrens , Stanford Law School, Center for Internet & Society, Standard, CA ( Corynne McSherry and Kurt Opsahl , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, and Sherwin Siy , Public Knowledge, Washington, DC, on the brief) for amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge in support of defendants.

Kathleen M. Sullivan , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. ( Jonathan B. Oblak and Todd Anten on the brief) for amicus curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association in support of neither party.


DENISE COTE, District Judge:

This Opinion addresses cross-motions for summary judgment filed by The Associated Press ("AP"), a news cooperative, and Meltwater U.S. Holdings Inc., Meltwater News U.S. Inc., and Meltwater News US1 Inc. (collectively "Meltwater"), an Internet media monitoring service. In this action, AP principally contends that Meltwater is infringing AP's copyright in its published news stories. Meltwater...

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