Litigants: | Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting |
Arguedate: | January 7 |
Argueyear: | 1974 |
Decidedate: | March 4 |
Decideyear: | 1974 |
Fullname: | Teleprompter Corp. et al. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. |
Usvol: | 415 |
Uspage: | 394 |
Parallelcitations: | 94 S. Ct. 1129; 39 L. Ed. 2d 415; 181 U.S.P.Q. 65 |
Prior: | Columbia Broad. Sys., Inc. v. Teleprompter Corp., 476 F.2d 338 (2d Cir. 1973); cert. granted, |
Holding: | Receiving a television broadcast from a "distant" source does not constitute a "performance". |
Majority: | Stewart |
Joinmajority: | Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist |
Concurrence/Dissent: | Blackmun |
Dissent: | Douglas |
Joindissent: | Burger |
Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting, 415 U.S. 394 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that receiving a television broadcast from a "distant" source does not constitute a "performance".[1]