· 2/22/2011
WPIX, INC. v. Ivi, Inc.
Citations
- 765 F. Supp. 2d 594
- 98 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1947
- 52 Communications Reg. (P&F) 651
- 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17654
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that allowing viewers to access programming from unsanctioned sources would inevitably damage the plaintiffs’ ability to profit from sanctioned sources, and that such losses a notoriously difficult to prove and “nearly impossible to quantify”
- “Having found that ivi has infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights, it follows that ivi is not legally harmed by the fact that it cannot continue streaming plaintiffs’ programming, even if this ultimately puts ivi out of business.”
- “Pursuant to the Supreme Court's decision in eBay and its application by the Second Circuit in Salinger, we may not simply presume irreparable harm.”
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Judges: Naomi Reice Buchwald
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