Statement From Copyright Alliance

January 10, 2014
 
STATEMENT FROM: COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE CEO SANDRA AISTARS

RE: US SUPREME COURT GRANT OF REVIEW OF THE AEREO CASE
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On behalf of the millions of artists, creators and innovators represented by our membership, the Copyright Alliance welcomes the Supreme Court's decision to review the Aereo case.  The decision by the Second Circuit in ABC v. Aereo has the effect of creating perverse incentives for companies to deploy lawyer – engineered, “Rube Goldberg” like technology that evades the law for the sole purpose of driving profits for the owners of those companies, without benefitting either the public or returning just compensation to creators.  We are confident that the Supreme Court will maintain the integrity of the copyright laws and ensure that the goals set by the Founders – to promote the development and dissemination of creative works – are achieved.
 
ABOUT THE COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE
The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest and educational organization representing artists and creators across the spectrum of copyright disciplines, including more than 40 trade associations, companies and guilds, and 13,000 individual artists and creators. For more information, please visit www.copyrightalliance.org.
 

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