Legal Opinion
Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 18, 1984No. 1321, Docket 84-7110PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter, Judge, dismissing after a bench trial plaintiff-appellant Financial Information Inc.’s complaint charging defendant-appel-lee Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. with copyright infringement and unfair competition. The court first found that the information gathered was copyrightable under the “compilation” provision of the copyright law, 17 U.S.C. § 101 (1982). Then, in dismissing the action, the district court found that the fair use doctrine,…
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