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Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting

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Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting
Argued January 7, 1974
Decided March 4, 1974
Full case nameTeleprompter Corp. et al. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.
Citations415 U.S. 394 (more)
94 S. Ct. 1129; 39 L. Ed. 2d 415; 181 U.S.P.Q. 65
Case history
PriorColumbia Broad. Sys., Inc. v. Teleprompter Corp., 476 F.2d 338 (2d Cir. 1973); cert. granted, 414 U.S. 817 (1973)
Holding
Receiving a television broadcast from a "distant" source does not constitute a "performance".
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityStewart, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist
Concur/dissentBlackmun
DissentDouglas, joined by Burger

Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting, 415 U.S. 394 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that receiving a television broadcast from a "distant" source does not constitute a "performance".[1]

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  1. ^ Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting, 415 U.S. 394 (1974).
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