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Wade Williams Distributors, Inc. v. ABC, 2005 (DECISION FOR USER)

ABC’s “Good Morning America” used clips from Robot Monster, The Brain from Palnet Arous and Plan 9 from Outer Space on a segment about fascination with extra-terrestrials. The court found fair use appropriate, because the clips had been recontextualized, in a discussion about the representation of aliens in popular culture. The court emphasized that the law “does not explicitly distinguish between entertaining and serious, plausible and implausible, or weighty or frivolous commentaries…”

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