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They use "TV Eyes" a service that records all cable channels constantly and allows you to search through them and download clips of that segment.



How have they not been sued into oblivion?


It seems there was a lawsuit that they won, then lost on appeal, and then the Supreme Court decided not to let it escalate further.

> This case stems from a copyright infringement case filed by Fox News back in 2013 against TVEyes [...]

> On December 3rd [2018], the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari in TVEyes, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC, declining the opportunity to decide what would have been the Court’s first case on fair use in a copyright context in 20 years. [1]

[1] https://ipwatchdog.com/2018/12/31/scotus-declines-2d-cir-mar...


They are part of the industry with better lawyers likely helps.


Because the content is not being broadcasted.




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