Legal Opinion
Hofheinz v. a & E TELEVISION NETWORKS
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 2001No. 00 Civ. 0623(RWS)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Defendants A & E Television Networks (“A & E”) and Weller/Grossman Productions, Inc. (“Weller/Grossman”) have moved for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.56 to dismiss the complaint of plaintiff Susan Nicholas Hofheinz (“Hof-heinz”) alleging copyright infringement of the film “It Conquered the World”, portions of which were used in a biography of Peter Graves, aired on A & E. Because there is no genuine dispute as to the material facts in this case and the footage used in the A & E biography constitutes “fair use” under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 107,…
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