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Hofheinz v. A&E Television Networks, 2001 (DECISION FOR USER)

Peter Graves: Mission Accomplished, an A&E cable network “Biography” episode about an actor, used unlicensed clips from It Conquered the World. Fair use was deemed aprpopirate because the material was used “for the transformative purpose of enabling the viewer to understand the actor’s modest beginnings in the film business.” It also noted that “A&E's biography of Peter Graves does not merely purport to supersede the original movie at issue, but to create a new copyrightable film biography.”

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