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LOS ANGELES NEWS SERVICE v. KCAL-TV CHANNEL 9

No. 95-55261.

108 F.3d 1119 (1997)

LOS ANGELES NEWS SERVICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KCAL-TV CHANNEL 9, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Bergen, Reseda, California, and Henry D. Fetter, Thomas Doniger, Doniger & Fetter, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey B. Valle, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: BRUNETTI and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, District Judge.

OPINION

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

Los Angeles News Service (LANS) shot the Reginald Denny beating from its helicopter. Its videotape was copyrighted and licensed to the media. KCAL-TV used it, without a license. LANS sued for copyright infringement, but the district court granted summary judgment in KCAL's favor, holding that its telecasts of LANS's videotape were exempted from liability under the "fair use"...

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