No ruling will be issued in FilmOn X’s...
No ruling will be issued in FilmOn X’s case in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals until the Supreme Court issues a decision in its Aereo case, said a 9th Circuit order Monday. FilmOn’s appeal of a preliminary injunction…
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granted against its streaming TV service in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles had already been through oral arguments in August -- the parties in the case were waiting for the 9th Circuit to issue a decision. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on the Aereo matter, a broadcaster appeal of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision not to issue an injunction against Aereo, in the summer, say industry observers. The order putting the 9th Circuit case on hold was issued by the 9th Circuit panel without any requests to do so from the parties in the case, according to online records. FilmOn’s appeal of a nearly nationwide injunction from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit -- barring it from streaming copyrighted material anywhere outside the jurisdiction of the 2nd Circuit -- was also put on hold to wait for the Supreme Court (CD Jan 27 p10). Hearst’s case against Aereo in U.S. District Court in Boston has already been stayed pending a high court ruling at the joint request of both sides, and a similar joint request has been filed in Hearst’s appeal of a preliminary injunction ruling in Aereo’s favor in the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A hearing on a similar possible stay of the case brought by broadcasters against Aereo in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City is set for Friday.