USA: Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. AereoKiller, LLC, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, No. 15-56420, 21 March 2017
A Pasadena, California, district court ruling that FilmOn X, LLC, was a “cable system” and thus eligible for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act has been reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco. In a ruling in favor of broadcasters such as Fox Television Stations, Inc., the court held that, based on…