• Be Kind, Please Rewind – The Second Circuit Gives Cable Providers Something to Watch in Cartoon Network L.P. v. CSC Holdings, Inc.

Peter Hamner, Villanova University

Abstract

This note examines the Second Circuit's decision in Cartoon Network L.P. v. CSC Holdings, Inc. In Cartoon Network, the Second Circuit held that a new digital video recorder, a Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder (RS-DVR), did not infringe on the copyrights of content providers. The RS-DVR stores user generated recordings remotely. The court re-examined the United States Supreme Court's decision in Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. The court correctly decided that the user is responsible for the recordings and not the cable provider.

This article was recently named “one of the best law review articles published within the last year in the fields of entertainment, publishing and the arts” and will be separately published in ENTERTAINMENT, PUBLISHING AND THE ARTS HANDBOOK (2010)