Los Angeles News Service v. Reuters Television International Limited

340 F.3d 926 LOS ANGELES NEWS SERVICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REUTERS TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; Visnews International (USA) Limited; Reuters America Holdings, Inc.; Reuters America Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-56956. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 22, 2003. * — Pasadena, California. Filed August 21, 2003. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing October 7, 2003 ** . George T. Caplan, Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause and filed briefs for the appellant. Robert C. Vanderet, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for the appellees. Paul B. Salvaty and Vanessa Koury were on the brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Consuelo B. Marshall, Chief Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-01073-CBM. Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD C. REED, Jr., *** District Judge. Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge SILVERMAN. OPINION O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether a news organization may recover actual damages under the Copyright Act for acts of infringement that mostly occurred…