No. 16-
I
N
T
HE
Supreme Court of the United States
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C
APITOL
R
ECORDS
,
LLC
,
C
AROLINE
R
ECORDS
,
I
NC
.,
V
IR-GIN
R
ECORDS
A
MERICA
,
I
NC
.,
EMI
B
LACKWOOD
M
USIC
,
I
NC
.,
EMI
A
PRIL
M
USIC
,
I
NC
.,
EMI
V
IRGIN
M
USIC
,
I
NC
.,
C
OLGEMS
-EMI
M
USIC
,
I
NC
.,
EMI
V
IRGIN
S
ONGS
,
I
NC
.,
EMI
G
OLD
H
ORIZON
M
USIC
C
ORP
.,
EMI
U
NART
C
ATA-LOG
,
I
NC
.,
S
TONE
D
IAMOND
M
USIC
C
ORPORATION
,
EMI
U
C
ATALOG
,
I
NC
.,
J
OBETE
M
USIC
C
O
.,
I
NC
.,
Petitioners,
v. V
IMEO
,
LLC,
C
ONNECTED
V
ENTURES
,
LLC,
D
OES
,
1-20
INCLUSIVE
,
Respondents.
___________ On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ___________ PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI ___________
R
USSELL
J.
F
RACKMAN
C
ARTER
G.
P
HILLIPS
* M
ARC
E.
M
AYER
K
WAKU
A.
A
KOWUAH
M
ITCHELL
S
ILBERBERG
&
R
EBECCA
S.
L
EVENSON
K
NUPP LLP
S
IDLEY
A
USTIN LLP
11377 West Olympic 1501 K Street, N.W. Boulevard Washington, D.C. 20005 Los Angeles, CA 90064 (202) 736-8000 (310) 312-2000
cphillips@sidley.com
C
ONSTANTINE
L.
T
RELA
,
J
R
. S
IDLEY
A
USTIN LLP
One South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60603 (312)
853-7000
Counsel for Petitioners
December 14, 2016 * Counsel of Record
(i)
QUESTION PRESENTED
Section 301(c) of the Copyright Act states that “[w]ith respect to sound recordings fixed before Feb-ruary 15, 1972, any rights or remedies under the common law or statutes of any State shall not be an-nulled or limited [by the Copyright Act] until Febru-ary 15, 2067.” The question presented is whether the Second Cir-cuit erred in holding, contrary to the considered view of the United States Copyright Office and in conflict with New York state appellate courts, that when Congress enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and added section 512 to the Copyright Act, it
implicitly
limited and preempted the very state-law rights and remedies that section 301(c) says “shall not be annulled or limited.”
ii
PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDINGS
The petitioners herein, plaintiffs/appellees-cross-appellants below, are Capitol Records, LLC, Caroline Records, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music, Inc., EMI April Music, Inc., EMI Virgin Music, Inc., Colgems-EMI Music, Inc., EMI Virgin Songs, Inc., EMI Gold Horizon Music Corp., EMI Unart Catalog, Inc., Stone Diamond Music Cor-poration, EMI U Catalog, Inc., and Jobete Music Co., Inc. The respondents herein, defendants/appellants-cross-appellees below, are Vimeo, LLC, Connected Ventures, LLC, and Does 1-20 inclusive.