Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEPHANIE LENZ, Nos. 13-16106 Plaintiff-Appellee/ 13-16107 Cross-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 5:07-cv-03783- JF

UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP.;

UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING INC.;

UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING OPINION

GROUP INC.,

Defendants-Appellants/ Cross-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jeremy D. Fogel, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 7, 2015—San Francisco, California

Filed September 14, 2015

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. SUMMARY*

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment in an action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) alleging that the defendants violated 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) by misrepresenting in a takedown notification that the plaintiff’s home video constituted an infringing use of…