- game: a baseball game is not a "work" under the Berne convention
- cast credits: they are descriptive, but not derived from the movie.
One of the criteria to assess "fair use" is "was anything creative added in the process of making the derivative", which is per definition not true in the checksum or fingerprint case. I don't find your argument compelling - it's not a closed and shut case.
- game: a baseball game is not a "work" under the Berne convention
- cast credits: they are descriptive, but not derived from the movie.
One of the criteria to assess "fair use" is "was anything creative added in the process of making the derivative", which is per definition not true in the checksum or fingerprint case. I don't find your argument compelling - it's not a closed and shut case.