Los Angeles News Service v. Tullo

973 F.2d 791 1992 Copr.L.Dec. P 26,981 , 24 U.S.P.Q.2d 1026 , 20 Media L. Rep. 1626 LOS ANGELES NEWS SERVICE, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, Robert Tur, Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Frank TULLO; Charles Bickert; Defendants-Appellants, Audio Video Reporting Services; Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant. No. 90-56101. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1991. Decided Aug. 27, 1992. Jeffrey L. Graubart, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-counter-claimant-appellant. Elliot S. Ganezer, Ganezer Law Firm, Santa Monica, Cal., for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: BROWNING, ALARCON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge. I. Overview 1 Los Angeles News Service ("LANS") records newsworthy events on videotape and licenses television stations and networks to use all or segments of the unedited ("raw") footage in edited broadcast news stories. Audio Video Reporting Services ("AVRS") provides a video "news clipping" service: It monitors television news programs, records them on videotape and sells copies of all or segments of…