context: . AVRS does not qualify for the exemption from liability provided by 17 U.S.C. SS 109(a), which allows the lawful owner of a copy of a copyrighted work to sell the copy. AVRS did not purchase from LANS the copies of the tapes AVRS sold, and the television stations that broadcast the tapes were only licensed to use them and could not authorize AVRS to sell them.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: for purposes of 17 U.S.C. SS 109, the defendant video news monitoring service "cannot be considered a newspaper clipping service because it-does not purchase the copy that it sells to its clients"
citation_a.sentence: See 17 U.S.C. § 109(d) (privilege of selling copy does not "extend to any person who has acquired possession of the copy ... from the copyright owner, by rental, lease, loan, or otherwise, without acquiring ownership of it”); Duncan, 744 F.2d at 1494 n. 6 (for purposes of 17 U.S.C. § 109, the defendant video news monitoring service "cannot be considered a newspaper clipping service because it-does not purchase the copy that it sells to its clients”); see also United States v. Wise, 550 F.2d 1180, 1190-91 (9th Cir.1977) (for purposes of 17 U.S.C. § 27, predecessor to 17 U.S.C. § 109, theaters granted license to exhibit films did not own the films and so could not lawfully have sold them).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 550 F.2d 1180, 1190-91
citation_b.parenthetical: for purposes of 17 U.S.C. SS 27, predecessor to 17 U.S.C. SS 109, theaters granted license to exhibit films did not own the films and so could not lawfully have sold them
citation_b.sentence: See 17 U.S.C. § 109(d) (privilege of selling copy does not "extend to any person who has acquired possession of the copy ... from the copyright owner, by rental, lease, loan, or otherwise, without acquiring ownership of it”); Duncan, 744 F.2d at 1494 n. 6 (for purposes of 17 U.S.C. § 109, the defendant video news monitoring service "cannot be considered a newspaper clipping service because it-does not purchase the copy that it sells to its clients”); see also United States v. Wise, 550 F.2d 1180, 1190-91 (9th Cir.1977) (for purposes of 17 U.S.C. § 27, predecessor to 17 U.S.C. § 109, theaters granted license to exhibit films did not own the films and so could not lawfully have sold them).