Case: Copyrights/Infringement (D.C. Cir.)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed summary judgment for DENSO International America Inc. in Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies Inc.'s action for violations of the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992. The court held that (1) a digital audio recorder is covered by the act only if it can make a “digital audio copied recording” that is also a “digital musical recording” as the act defines that term; (2) because it is undisputed that the hard drives in DENSO’s accused devices do not contain “only sounds,” they do not qualify as “digital musical ...