Elektra Records Co. v. Gem Electronic Distributors, Inc.
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The facts were that:
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a record shop rented sound recordings to customers who would also purchase blank tape and then use a recording machine on the store premises to copy the rented recording onto the blank tape. The store owner's knowledge of the likely use of the blank tape was patent.
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Federal courts have held that secondary tort liability exists when:
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enabling or inciting another to infringe, at least when the enabler knows that her conduct will result in infringement. Decisions dating back several decades recognize that one who supplies the means to infringe, and knows of the use to which the means will be put (or turns a blind eye), can be held liable for contributory infringement. In the early cases, however, the relationship between the supplier and the user of the means was sufficiently close, that there could be little doubt of either the knowledge or the nexus between the means and the infringement.
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Knowledge of the infringement of the copyright is the essential element that Elektra Records developed.
Impact
This case was used as a precedent for the US Supreme Court cases of Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 125 S. Ct. 2764 (1984) and MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 464 U.S. 417 (2005).[2]
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References
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- ↑ Template:If all, [Script error: No such module "If empty". 360 Template:Delink 821] (E.D.N.Y. 1973).Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- ↑ a b c d Jane Ginsburg, "Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement in the U.S.: Anticipating the Aprés-Grokster", found at Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement in the US, from Columbia Law School website Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
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External links
- Text of Elektra Records Co. v. Gem Electronic Distributors, Inc., 360 F. Supp. 821 (E.D.N.Y. 1973) is available from: Google Scholar Justia