Legal Opinion
Sandoval v. New Line Cinema Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 21, 1997No. 96 Civ. 3145(SHS)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Jorge Antonio Sandoval brought this action alleging that defendants infringed his copyrights in several photographs when they were shown in the background of a scene in the motion picture Seven. Defendants have moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 56 and plaintiff has cross-moved for summary judgment in his favor. Defendants’ motion is granted and plaintiffs motion is denied on the grounds that the display of the photographs constituted a fair use of them within the terms and intendment of the Copyright Act.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Allen v. CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by8 opinions
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