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+ | Under U.S. law, a defendant in a copyright infringement case can incur secondary liability, or indirect infringement, | ||
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+ | Proving such acts, known as vicarious copyright infringement, | ||
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+ | In January 2017, a federal judge made a ruling in response to both sides' requests for [[summary judgment]]. While he denied the summary judgment he did rule on the counts of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. | ||
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+ | ===== Vicarious Copyright Infringement ===== | ||
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+ | Unlike trademark law, which is codified in U.S. statutes, secondary liability | ||
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+ | The copyright infringement lawsuit brought by [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] against producer [[Alec Peters]] and his company, [[Axanar Productions]], | ||
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+ | > Vicarious copyright infringement requires a direct financial benefit from the infringement and the right and ability to supervise the infringing activity. Originally, the “direct financial benefit” element was interpreted to apply to financial benefits in proportion to the infringing activity, such as a royalty or commission “directly” related to the infringement. See, e.g., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. H. L. Green Co., 316 F.2d 304 (2d Cir. 1963). Over time, however, the concept of “direct financial benefit” has been stretched to cover situations in which the financial benefit from the infringement was neither any immediate revenue nor any value correlated with the infringing activity itself. Thus, in Napster, “direct” financial benefit was found where the availability of infringing matter was said to act as a “draw” for web site users and where “Napster’s future revenue is directly dependent upon ‘increases in userbase.’” Napster, 239 F.3d at 1023. \\ \\ Many attorneys believed, hitherto, that the Napster extension of “direct” financial benefit would be limited to circumstances in which the value of the entire enterprise, essentially, | ||
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+ | === Peters Personally Profited === | ||
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+ | In his January 4, 2017, preliminary ruling Federal [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] found that Peters indeed personally profited from Axanar, and that if the jury [[fair_use_denied#going_to_trial|ultimately found]] Axanar and Star Trek are substantially similar in total concept, Peters would be liable for personally contributing to copyright infringement and vicariously infringing by personally | ||
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+ | > Peters’ substantial involvement in, such as writing script for, the Axanar Works materially contributes to the infringing conduct of Axanar Productions. … As to vicarious infringement, | ||
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