BMG Music v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.3d 888 · 2005
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 107 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 504 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976)
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios Inc · Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co. · Galloway v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if there is no material dispute and a rule of law eliminates discretion in selecting the remedy, then summary judgment is permissible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that [the] infringement was committed willfully, the court in its discretion may increase the award of statutory damages to a sum of not more than $150,000.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not less than $750 or more than $30,000.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.