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Hofheinz v. Discovery Communs., Inc. (DECISION FOR USER)

Hofheinz v. Discovery Communs., Inc., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14752 (SNDY 2001) –The court found that " in the 1996 program, "100 Years of Horror" on Discovery, clips from a trailer for the 1957 film "Invasion of the Saucermen" in the 1997 Learning Channel program, "Aliens Invade Hollywood," and from a trailer for "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" and "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein" were fairly used. This was, the court said, because the quoted material did not substitute for the viewing of the original films, and the clips were used for the transformative purpose of enriching the commentary.

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