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ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA EDUCATIONAL CORP. v. CROOKS

No. Civ-77-560C.

558 F.Supp. 1247 (1983)

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. C.N. CROOKS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

March 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raichle, Banning, Weiss & Halpern, Buffalo, N.Y. (R. William Stephens, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), and Sargoy, Stein & Hanft, New York City (Burton H. Hanft, and Jeffrey A. Rosen, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Ellis, Kustell & Mullenhoff, Buffalo, N.Y. (Carl B. Kustell, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants.

CURTIN, Chief Judge.

On June 21, 1982, this court determined that defendants' highly organized and systematic practice of making off-the-air videotapes and derivative copies of plaintiffs' televised copyrighted works did not constitute fair use under the copyright laws. Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. v. Crooks, 542 F.Supp. 1156 (W.D.N.Y.1982). The remaining issues to be determined in this case concern defendants...

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