TIME-SHIFTING

time-shifting. The practice of recording a broadcast for viewing at a later time. • Time-shifting was found to be a noninfringing fair use of videotape recorders in Sony Corp. v. Universal Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417, 104 S.Ct. 774 (1984). [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 67. 1. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 51–52, 54.]