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Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
Sony v. Universal
gptkbp:arguedDate
January 18, 1982
gptkbp:citation
464 U.S. 417
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date
January 17, 1984
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:heldBy
The sale of the VCR did not constitute contributory infringement of copyright.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:pages
417
gptkbp:petitioner
gptkb:Sony_Corporation_of_America
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.
gptkbp:principle
Substantial non-infringing use doctrine
Time-shifting is fair use
gptkbp:response
gptkb:Walt_Disney_Productions
Universal City Studios, Inc.
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:intellectual_property
gptkb:Betamax
Home video recording
gptkbp:volume
464
gptkbp:year
1984
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7