United States Third Circuit

Where plaintiffs claimed that the exclusion from copyright protection for "nonsubscription broadcast transmissions" of recorded music is unambiguously intended to apply to simultaneous webcasting of their radio broadcast signal, judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where the Copyright Office's interpretation of section 114(d)(1)(A) was persuasive and properly accorded deference.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2002
• Decided 10/17/2003
• Published 10/17/2003

Judges

• Before: ROTH, SMITH, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark A. Jacoby,R. Bruce Rich (Argued), Caroline R. Clark, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY, Marguerite S. Walsh, Andrew W. Allison, Littler, Mendelson Law Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David O. Carson, General Counsel, Tanya M. Sandros, Senior Attorney, United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Scott R. McIntosh (Argued), Mark B. Stern, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Cary H. Sherman, Steven M. Marks, Gary R. Greenstein, Susan C. Munsat, Recording Industry, Association of America, Inc., Washington, DE, Robert A. Garrett, Ronald A. Schechter (Argued), Jule L. Sigall, Ellen Wasilausky, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Vincent V. Carissimi, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.