Legal Opinion
Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 22, 1986No. 285, Docket 86-7598PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
In this case, before us for the second time, Financial Information, Inc. (“FII”), which publishes a financial reporting service, charged Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), another financial publisher, with copyright infringement and unfair competition. After a bench trial, the District Court for the Southern District (Carter, J.) held for the defendants. It found that the material in question was copyrightable, but that Moody’s made “fair use” of it under the copyright statute. In Financial Information, Inc. v. Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 751 F.2d 501 (2d…
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