No. 21-01542 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS …
No. 21-01542
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
SAS INSTITUTE INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
WORLD PROGRAMMING LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee.
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Case No. 2:18-cv-00295-JRG, Hon. J. Rodney Gilstrap, Chief Judge
BRIEF OF CREATORS' RIGHTS GROUPS AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANT AND REVERSAL
Date: May 21, 2021
COWAN DEBAETS ABRAHAMS & SHEPPARD LLP
Nancy E. Wolff Sara Gates 41 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor New York, NY 10010 Telephone: (212) 974-7474 Facsimile: (212) 974-8474 nwolff@
Counsel for Amici Curiae
CERTIFICATE OF INTEREST Counsel for amici curiae certify the following: 1. Represented Entities: American Photographic Artists, American Society of Media Photographers, The Authors Guild, Inc., Digital Media Licensing Association, Dramatists Guild of America, Romance Writers of America, Songwriters Guild of America, and Textbook & Academic Authors Association. 2. Real Party in Interest: See paragraph 1. 3. Parent Corporations and Stockholders: None. 4. Legal Representatives: No others. 5. Related Cases: None. 6. Organizational Victims and Bankruptcy Cases: None.
Date: May 21, 2021
/s/ Nancy E. Wolff Nancy E. Wolff
Counsel for Amici Curiae
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE .............................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 4
ARGUMENT............................................................................................................ 6
I. COPYRIGHT OWNERS WHO CHOOSE TO ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS SHOULD NOT NEED TO PROVE A NEGATIVE ............................................ 6
A. Upsetting the Allocation of Burdens in Copyright Cases Undermines the Purpose of Copyright .......................................................... 6
B. The District Court Misapplied the Burden-Shifting Framework ................................................ 8
C. Extension of the District Court's Burden-Shifting Framework Could be Disastrous for Creators ............................................. 11
1. Photography................................................................... 12
2. Writing........................................................................... 15
3. Music ............................................................................. 19
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................... 22
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases
Page(s)
Alexander v. Haley, 460 F. Supp. 40 (S.D.N.Y. 1978) ...................................................................... 16
Batiste v. Najm, 28 F. Supp. 3d 595 (E.D. La. 2014)..................................................................... 1
Beal v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 20 F.3d 454 (11th Cir. 1994) ............................................................................. 16
Boisson v. Banian, Ltd., 273 F.3d 262 (2d Cir. 2001) .............................................................................. 11
Bryant v. Gordon, 483 F. Supp. 2d 605 (N.D. Ill. 2007) ................................................................. 13
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884) ............................................................................................ 12
Compulife Software Inc. v. Newman, 959 F.3d 1288 (11th Cir. 2020) .................................................................. passim
Corbello v. Valli, 974 F.3d 965 (9th Cir. 2020) ....................................................................... 11, 15
Cortes v. Universal Music Latino, 477 F. Supp. 3d 1290 (S.D. Fla. 2020) .............................................................. 19
Ets-Hokin v. Skyy Spirits, Inc., 225 F.3d 1068 (9th Cir. 2000) ........................................................................... 13
Feist Publ'ns, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991) ................................................................................ 6, 10, 18
Feldman v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 723 F. Supp. 2d 357 (D. Mass. 2010) ................................................................ 16
Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 881 (2019)........................................................................................... 7
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Greenbie v. Noble, 151 F. Supp. 45 (S.D.N.Y. 1957) ........................................................................ 4
Griffin v. Sheeran, 351 F. Supp. 3d 492 (S.D.N.Y. 2019) ......................................................... 19?20
Harney v. Sony Pictures Television, Inc., 704 F.3d 173 (1st Cir. 2013).................................................................. 11, 12?13
Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 618 F.2d 972 (2d Cir. 1980) .............................................................................. 16
Jewelers' Circular Pub. Co. v. Keystone Pub. Co., 274 F. 932 (S.D.N.Y. 1921) .............................................................................. 13
Johnson v. Gordon, 409 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2005)................................................................................ 19
Lil' Joe Wein Music, Inc. v. Jackson, 245 F. App'x 873 (11th Cir. 2007) .............................................................. 11, 19
Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., 377 F. Supp. 2d 444 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) ............................................................... 12
Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201 (1954) ............................................................................................ 8
Muhammad-Ali v. Final Call, Inc., 832 F.3d 755 (7th Cir. 2016) ............................................................................... 4
O'Neill v. Dell Publishing Co., 630 F.2d 685 (1st Cir. 1980).............................................................................. 16
Positive Black Talk, Inc. v. Cash Money Recs., Inc., No. CIV.A. 02-0425, 2003 WL 1921999 (E.D. La. Apr. 21, 2003).................. 19
Psihoyos v. Nat'l Geographic Soc'y, 409 F. Supp. 2d 268 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) ............................................................... 13
Pyatt v. Jean, No. CV-04-3908 (TCP) (AKT), 2006 WL 8440910 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 29, 2006).................................................................................. 19
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