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· 12/1/2004

Michael J. Rossi, Dba Internet movies.com v. Motion Picture Association of America Inc.

Citations

  • 391 F.3d 1000
  • 33 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1047
  • 73 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1046
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 24743
  • 2004 WL 2725717

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “courts interpreting ... federal statutes have traditionally interpreted “good faith’ to ■ encompass a ' subjective standard”
  • deciding on summary judgment that the defendant’s “compliance with the notice and takedown procedures detailed in the DMCA met Hawaii’s standards for justification
  • noting that § 512(f) is “an expressly limited cause of action”
  • setting forth that a section 512(f) cause of action is an “expressly limited cause of action for improper infringement notifications”
  • “A copyright owner cannot be liable simply because an unknowing mistake is made, even if the copyright owner acted unreasonably in making the mistake.”
  • liability for improper infringement notices un- der § 512(f) requires “a demonstration of some actual knowledge of misrepresentation on the part of the copyright owner”

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Judges: Farris, Noonan, Rawlinson

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