Airing of videotape without license not 'fair use.'

Article Abstract:

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the lower court's finding in Los Angeles News Service v. KCAL-TV that KCAL use of video footage of the Reginald Denny beating in 1992 was fair use under copyright law and remanded the case. The lower court accepted the television station's argument that its use of footage gathered by Los Angeles News Service was fair use. The 9th Circuit stated that KCAL's use was not limited to the video tape as the story. It also found that commercial use of information gathered by another news service is not generally considered fair use.

United States, Copyright, Copyrights, Fair use (Copyright), Fair use (Copyright law), Video recordings

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FCC admonishes station for airing hoax

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has admonished KROQ-FM, a California radio station, for broadcasting a murder confession that turned out to be a hoax. The confession triggered an investigation by local authorities and, upon learning from the authorities that the broadcast was a hoax, the station disciplined the disc jockeys that made the broadcast. The FCC recognized that the station took action, but said the admonition would go into the station's files, which could affect its license renewal.

Investigations, Impostors and imposture, Impostors

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Alabama station fights $26,500 in fines for violations

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The FCC has fined an Alabama radio station $26,500 for violations of the equal time rule. The agency fined WERC $14,000 for denying a political candidate equal time to respond to his opponent and $12,500 for discriminating against or showing preference for a candidate. In addition, the FCC fined the station $1,500 for failing to keep records of broadcast time to meet the requests of candidates. The station has requested the FCC to consider reducing the fine.

Equal time rule (Broadcasting)

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