MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS SUFFICIENTLY ALLEGED SECONDARY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS AGAINST INTERNET COMPANY AND ITS OWNER

摘要

Although a Panamanian Internet company and its owner, whose Web site automatically at the direction of users allowed uploading and downloading of motion picture studios' copyright-protected films, were not liable for direct infringement, under the Copyright Act, on grounds that the Web site allowed uploading and downloading without the company or owner taking volitional steps to infringe the copyrighted films, the studios' complaint sufficiently alleged secondary infringement claims against the company and the owner. The studios' allegations adequately supported claims for infringement by inducement, contributory infringement, and vicarious infringement. Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Hotfile Corp., 2011 WL 2899374 (S.D. Fla. 2011)