Fox News sued TVEyes for copyright infringement, claiming that TVEyes re-distributed Fox's audiovisual content without permission. TVEyes records and compiles television programming into a text-searchable database, allowing clients to search for and watch up to ten-minute video clips that mention terms of interest. The district court found that some functions of TVEyes's service constitute fair use, but others, such as downloading videos and freely e-mailing videos, were not considered fair use. The court held TVEyes liable for copyright infringement and issued a permanent injunction limiting aspects of TVEyes's service. The key facts relevant to the court's analysis were whether TVEyes's actions constituted fair use and whether TVEyes's Watch function was transformative.
Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc. (2018)
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
883 F.3d 169
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