SmartBrief
Confirm favorite deletion?
Communication Law Keyed to Benjamin, 2nd Ed.
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.
Citation:
573 U.S. 431, 134 S. Ct. 2498 (2014)Facts
Aereo sold a service that allowed subscribers to watch broadcast television programs over the Internet at approximately the same time as they were being broadcast over the air. When a subscriber wanted to watch a show, they would select it from Aereo’s website menu. Aereo’s system, consisting of thousands of dime-sized antennas housed in a central warehouse, would then assign one antenna to that subscriber. The antenna would receive the broadcast signal, and Aereo’s system would transcode it into data that could be transmitted over the Internet. The system saved the data in a subscriber-specific folder on Aereo’s hard drive and began streaming the show to the subscriber’s device after several seconds of programming had been saved. Aereo emphasized that each transmission was made from a unique copy created at the direction of and accessible only to a specific subscriber. Aereo neither owned the copyrights to the programs nor held licenses from the copyright owners to perform the works publicly. The television networks sued Aereo for copyright infringement, arguing that Aereo was infringing their exclusive right to publicly perform their works.
Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
Access the most important case brief elements for optimal case understanding.
*Case Brief Anatomy includes: Brief Prologue, Complete Case Brief, Brief Epilogue
- The Brief Prologue provides necessary case brief introductory information and includes:
Topic:
Identifies the topic of law and where this case fits within your course outline.Parties:
Identifies the cast of characters involved in the case.Procedural Posture & History:
Shares the case history with how lower courts have ruled on the matter.Case Key Terms, Acts, Doctrines, etc.:
A case specific Legal Term Dictionary.Case Doctrines, Acts, Statutes, Amendments and Treatises:
Identifies and Defines Legal Authority used in this case.
- The Case Brief is the complete case summarized and authored in the traditional Law School I.R.A.C. format. The Pro case brief includes:
Brief Facts:
A Synopsis of the Facts of the case.Rule of Law:
Identifies the Legal Principle the Court used in deciding the case.Facts:
What are the factual circumstances that gave rise to the civil or criminal case? What is the relationship of the Parties that are involved in the case.Issue(s):
Lists the Questions of Law that are raised by the Facts of the case.Holding:
Shares the Court's answer to the legal questions raised in the issue.Concurring / Dissenting Opinions:
Includes valuable concurring or dissenting opinions and their key points.Reasoning and Analysis:
Identifies the chain of argument(s) which led the judges to rule as they did.
- The Brief Prologue closes the case brief with important forward-looking discussion and includes:
Policy:
Identifies the Policy if any that has been established by the case.Court Direction:
Shares where the Court went from here for this case.