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| Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc. | |
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| Argued March 13, 1968 Decided June 17, 1968 | |
| Full case name | Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc. |
| Citations | 392 U.S. 390 (more) 88 S. Ct. 2084; 20 L. Ed. 2d 1176 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 377 F.2d 872 (2d Cir. 1967) |
| Holding | |
| Receiving a television broadcast does not constitute a "performance" of a work. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stewart, joined by Warren, Black, Brennan, White |
| Dissent | Fortas |
| Douglas, Marshall, and Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc., 392 U.S. 390 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that receiving a television broadcast does not constitute a "performance" of a work.[1]
In 1968, the United States Copyright Office called this case "the most important American copyright case of the 1960s."[2]