Legal Opinion
Hi-Tech Video Productions, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided May 18, 1992No. 1:90-CV-1015PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
This is a copyright infringement action. Plaintiff, Hi-Tech Video Productions, Inc. (“Hi-Tech”), alleges that defendant, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (“ABC”), committed a willful infringement by using, without permission, portions of Hi-Tech’s copyrighted video in ABC’s “Good Morning America” (“GMA”) program on June 8, 1990. In response, ABC does not dispute the unauthorized use. Rather, it advances two contentions: (1) that its use was privileged under the “fair use” doctrine and (2) alternatively, that its use merely amounted to “innocent infringement.”…
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- Hi-Tech Video Productions, Inc. v. Capital Cities/abc, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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