FLO & EDDIE, INC. v. SIRIUS

No. 172.

28 N.Y.3d 583 (2016)

28 N.Y.3d 583

2016 NY Slip Op 08480

FLO & EDDIE, INC., a California Corporation, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. SIRIUS XM RADIO, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Jonathan D. Hacker , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California ( Daniel M. Petrocelli , of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Cassandra L. Seto , of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York City ( Anton Metlitsky of counsel), for appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City ( Caitlin J. Halligan , Ester Murdukhayeva and Kathryn M. Cherry of counsel), and Gradstein & Marzano, P.C., Los Angeles, California ( Henry Gradstein , of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, Maryann R. Marzano , of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Daniel B. Lifschitz , of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for respondent.

Mitchell L. Stoltz , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for Electronic Frontier Foundation, amicus curiae.

Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Kenneth L. Doroshow and Devi M. Rao of counsel), and George M. Borkowski , Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., amicus curiae.

Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Stephen B. Kinnaird of counsel), and Rick Kaplan and Suzanne Head , National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C., for National Association of Broadcasters, amicus curiae.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York City ( Adam R. Bialek , Stephen J. Barrett and Kerianne Losier of counsel), and David L. Donovan , New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., Albany, for New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

Hartman & Winnicki, P.C., Ridgewood, New Jersey ( Daniel L. Schmutter of counsel), for Howard B. Abrams and others, amici curiae.

King & Spalding LLP, San Francisco, California ( Joseph R. Wetzel and Ethan P. Davis of counsel), for Association for Recorded Sound Collections, amicus curiae.

Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles, California ( Robert M. Schwartz and Victor Jih of counsel), and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, New York City ( Michael Lynch and James Saylor of counsel), for CBS Radio, Inc., amicus curiae.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City ( Benjamin E. Marks , Gregory Silbert and Kami Lizarraga of counsel), Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, California ( James K. Lynch and Andrew M. Gass of counsel), and Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Jonathan Y. Ellis of counsel), for Pandora Media, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Raza Panjwani , Public Knowledge, Washington, D.C., for Public Knowledge, amicus curiae.

Judges PIGOTT, FAHEY and GARCIA concur, Judge FAHEY in a separate concurring opinion; Judge RIVERA dissents in an opinion in which Judge ABDUS-SALAAM concurs; Chief Judge DIFIORE taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has certified the following question to this Court: "Is there a right of public performance for creators of sound recordings under New York law and, if so, what is the nature and scope of that right?" Because New York common-law copyright does not recognize a right of public...

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