Legal Opinion
Pacific and Southern Co., Inc. v. Duncan
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 13, 1983No. Civ. C81-1106PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ORINDA D. EVANS, Chief Judge.
This copyright infringement action is before the Court for findings of fact and conclusions of law following a bench trial.
This case presents the question whether off the air video taping of live television news broadcasts by a TV news monitoring service, followed by the marketing and sale of news tapes to interested members of the public, infringes the broadcaster’s copyright under federal law. 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. The Defendant, a television news “clipping service,” argues that its activities constitute a permissible fair use under the copyright statute,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Gene Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Pacific and Southern Company, Inc., D/B/A Wxia-Tv, Cross v. Carol Duncan, D/B/A Tv News Clips, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. FrenaDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1993
- Cable News Network, Inc. v. Video Monitoring Services of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Marya v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2015
- Georgia Television Co. v. TV News Clips of Atlanta, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1989
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