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From Andy Warhol To Barbie: Copyright’S Fair Use Doctrine After Andy Warhol Foundation V. Goldsmith, Niki Kuckes
From Andy Warhol To Barbie: Copyright’S Fair Use Doctrine After Andy Warhol Foundation V. Goldsmith, Niki Kuckes
Roger Williams University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mcgucken V. Pub Ocean Ltd., Christina Robinson
Mcgucken V. Pub Ocean Ltd., Christina Robinson
Golden Gate University Law Review
This case summary details the decision in McGucken v. Pub Ocean Ltd., 42 F.4th 1149 (9th Cir. 2022), in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit analyzed the proper application of the fair use doctrine under the U.S. Copyright Act. The Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et. seq. (1976)) seeks to further cultural advancements by protecting the exclusive rights of creators. The fair use doctrine protects the interests of those who build upon the work of creators when they use portions of previously copyrighted works. In McGucken, the Ninth Circuit reversed the sua sponte …
Fair’S Fair: How Public Benefit Considerations In The Fair Use Doctrine Can Patch Bias In Artificial Intelligence Systems, Patrick K. Lin
Fair’S Fair: How Public Benefit Considerations In The Fair Use Doctrine Can Patch Bias In Artificial Intelligence Systems, Patrick K. Lin
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) expands relentlessly despite well documented examples of bias in AI systems, from facial recognition failing to differentiate between darker-skinned faces to hiring tools discriminating against female candidates. These biases can be introduced to AI systems in a variety of ways; however, a major source of bias is found in training datasets, the collection of images, text, audio, or information used to build and train AI systems. This Article first grapples with the pressure copyright law exerts on AI developers and researchers to use biased training data to build algorithms, focusing on the potential risk …
Game On—Copyrighted Tattoos In Video Games As Fair Use, Emilie Smith
Game On—Copyrighted Tattoos In Video Games As Fair Use, Emilie Smith
Marquette Law Review
With its fact-intensive inquiries and limited bright-line rules, copyright law is known for its ambiguity, and courts often differ in their interpretations of various doctrines. The fair use doctrine is no different, and was in fact designed to grant courts discretion in making their determinations, all with the aim of maintaining the true purpose of the copyright law. Recent technologies and popularized forms of art only complicate things, adding rougher terrain to an already confusing landscape.
Co-Authorship Between Photographers And Portrait Subjects, Molly T. Stech
Co-Authorship Between Photographers And Portrait Subjects, Molly T. Stech
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Copyright law provides that when two or more authors create a single work with the intent of merging their contributions into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole, the authors are considered joint authors. For photographic works, judicial precedent establishes that the creative contributions necessary to support a copyright claim include the author’s choices concerning elements such as lighting, pose, garments, background, facial expression, and angle. In many visual works, however, those creative elements are determined not solely by a photographer, but also by the subject, who can sulk or smile, stand with good posture or stoop, and be …
Copyright Policy As Catalyst And Barrier To Innovation And Free Expression, Amanda Reid
Copyright Policy As Catalyst And Barrier To Innovation And Free Expression, Amanda Reid
Catholic University Law Review
At its core, copyright is an innovation policy, a competition policy, and a free expression policy. Copyright seeks to balance incentivizing a public good with providing a private interest. Copyright’s purpose to catalyze creative expression and innovation is canonical; creativity and innovation are synergetic. Copyright is a means of promoting progress; copyright is not an end in itself. Much like freedom of expression and new innovations are not ends in themselves, copyright protection is not for its own sake. Freedom of expression is often heralded as a means of fostering democratic self-governance, truth, and happiness. Innovation is seen as a …
Joutsing At Windmills: Cervantes And The Quixotic Fight For Authorial Control, H. Parkman Biggs
Joutsing At Windmills: Cervantes And The Quixotic Fight For Authorial Control, H. Parkman Biggs
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Achieving the appropriate balance between the right of first authors to control the later use of their work and freedom for follow-on authors to further develop from that text has long been challenging. Currently, under United States law in particular, fair use stands as a nebulous to buffer between the two creative camps, granting a significantly limited right to the second author to work from the first authors’ text. While that tension excites its own debate, a less considered aspect of this tension involves the degree to which the first author might be creatively and productively affected by the follow-on …
H&M V. Revok: Use Of Street Art In Commercial Ad Campaigns, Richard H. Chused
H&M V. Revok: Use Of Street Art In Commercial Ad Campaigns, Richard H. Chused
Other Publications
No abstract provided.
Performance, Property, And The Slashing Of Gender In Fan Fiction, Sonia K. Katyal
Performance, Property, And The Slashing Of Gender In Fan Fiction, Sonia K. Katyal
Sonia Katyal
No abstract provided.
Keinitz V. Sconnie Nation, Llc: The Seventh Circuit's Necessary Resistance To Defining The Fair Use Doctrine Solely In Terms Of Transformativeness, Alexander Perwich
Keinitz V. Sconnie Nation, Llc: The Seventh Circuit's Necessary Resistance To Defining The Fair Use Doctrine Solely In Terms Of Transformativeness, Alexander Perwich
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Under the fair use doctrine, use of a copyrighted work is not an infringement on a copyright if, after consideration of four factors, a court considers the use to be fair. The four factors courts are required to consider are: (1) “the purpose and character of the use;” (2) “the nature of the copyrighted work;” (3) “the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;” and (4) the effect the use has on “the potential market for or value of the original copyrighted work.” A circuit split exists between the Second and …
A Comparative Law Perspective On Intermediaries' Direct Liability In Cloud Computing Context -- A Proposal For China, Shi Xu
Maurer Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation is motivated by two questions: How does the emergence of cloud-computing technology impact major countries’ copyright law regarding the issue of intermediaries’ direct liability? What should Chinese legislature body learn from those countries regarding this issue? Answering the first question lays a foundation for answering the second question.
Usually, a cloud-computing intermediary’s specific activity may possess risk of violating a copyright holder’s right of reproduction, right of communication to the public and right of distribution. Comparatively, that intermediary can raise defenses under the exhaustion doctrine and the fair use doctrine. Analysis on these two topics consists of two …
Andy Warhol's Pantry, Brian L. Frye
Andy Warhol's Pantry, Brian L. Frye
Akron Intellectual Property Journal
This Article examines Andy Warhol’s use of food and food products as a metaphor for commerce and consumption. It observes that Warhol’s use of images and marks was often inconsistent with copyright and trademark doctrine, and suggests that the fair use doctrine should incorporate a “Warhol test.”
Brief Amicus Curiae Of Eleven Copyright Law Professors In Princeton University Press V. Michigan Document Services, Inc, L. Ray Patterson
Brief Amicus Curiae Of Eleven Copyright Law Professors In Princeton University Press V. Michigan Document Services, Inc, L. Ray Patterson
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.
(Mis)Appropriation Art: Transformation And Attribution In The Fair Use Doctrine, John Carl Zwisler
(Mis)Appropriation Art: Transformation And Attribution In The Fair Use Doctrine, John Carl Zwisler
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
Since the adoption of transformation by the Supreme Court, judicial decisions have continued to expand the fair use doctrine. Relying on transformation has led judges to subjectively critique and analyze artwork in order to make a legal decision. However, while a majority of circuits apply transformation, it is not followed by all of them. Transformation should no longer be a requirement in a fair use analysis concerning appropriation art, because it first requires subjective interpretation of an artist’s work. Transformation also gives an advantage to artists appropriating the work, claiming fair use of another’s copyrighted work. Instead, the emphasis should …
The Effect Of The Fair Use Doctrine On Text-Book Publishing And Copying, Roger Billings
The Effect Of The Fair Use Doctrine On Text-Book Publishing And Copying, Roger Billings
Akron Law Review
Perhaps nowhere will photocopying be more beneficial than in the field of education. The question is, what effect will it have on publishing? Senator Quentin Burdick stated the basic problem when he said, ". . . [Y]ou have someone who spends years in perfecting a textbook, and all of a sudden it is used free of charge. Where does he sell textbooks?" The problem of unauthorized photocopying of textbooks is considered one of the more difficult ones encountered in the area of fair use, an area itself regarded as one of the most troublesome in the whole law of copyright. …
The Internet After Aereo: How To Save Innovation From The Public Performance Right, Patrick C. Tricker
The Internet After Aereo: How To Save Innovation From The Public Performance Right, Patrick C. Tricker
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The Supreme Court's decision in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. overturned the Second Circuit's rule that separate copies create separate performances without clarifying the scope of a performance. The decision creates significant ambiguity surrounding the public performance right and potentially massive liability for cloud-computing companies. Since cloud computing allows customers to run programs remotely from a company's servers, two independent customers watching different copies of the same movie from the same cloud results in the cloud conducting a public performance. This Note examines this problem, concludes that the current public performance regime has become obsolete, and proposes a …
Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer
Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer
Joseph P. Bauer
The copyright regime and the First Amendment seek to promote the same goals. Both seek the creation and dissemination of more, better, and more diverse literary, pictorial, musical and other works. But, they use significantly different means to achieve those goals. The copyright Laws afford to the creator of a work the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, transform, and perform that work for an extended period of time. The First Amendment, on the other hand, proclaims that Congress "shall make no Law... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, " thus at least nominally indicating that limitations on …
Play Your Part: Girl Talk's Indefinite Role In The Digital Sampling Saga, Shervin Rezaie
Play Your Part: Girl Talk's Indefinite Role In The Digital Sampling Saga, Shervin Rezaie
Touro Law Review
In 2006, Greg Gillis was a twenty-four year old leading a double-life. During the day he was a biomedical engineer, but by night he was slowly becoming an infamous mash-up artist. His albums mixed "Top 40" radio hits into a unique postmodern audio pastiche. Under the moniker Girl Talk, Greg made his entrance into the limelight with the release of Night Ripper, his third album. Night Ripper began gaining attention as audiences became intrigued and excited by Greg's ability to blend numerous artists, old and new, into one seamless track. To illustrate, the first track on Night Ripper, "Once Again," …
The Prehistory Of Fair Use, Matthew Sag
The Prehistory Of Fair Use, Matthew Sag
Faculty Articles
This article proceeds as follows: Part I begins with a brief summary of the fêted case Folsom v. Marsh and its place in the development of American copyright law. Folsom v. Marsh has been criticized for expanding copyright protection beyond acts of mere mechanical reproduction to include an abstract concept of the work’s value. Of course, this critique is premised on the belief that the scope of copyright prior to Folsom v. Marsh’s intervention was so narrow that it tolerated almost all secondary works. Part II exposes the frailty of this premise.
Specifically, Part II explores the foundation for the …
Born To Be Used In The Usa: An Alternative Avenue For Evaluating Politicians' Unauthorized Use Of Original Musical Performances On The Campaign Trail, Matthew J. Cursio
Born To Be Used In The Usa: An Alternative Avenue For Evaluating Politicians' Unauthorized Use Of Original Musical Performances On The Campaign Trail, Matthew J. Cursio
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer
Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer
Washington and Lee Law Review
The copyright regime and the First Amendment seek to promote the same goals. Both seek the creation and dissemination of more, better, and more diverse literary, pictorial, musical and other works. But, they use significantly different means to achieve those goals. The copyright Laws afford to the creator of a work the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, transform, and perform that work for an extended period of time. The First Amendment, on the other hand, proclaims that Congress "shall make no Law... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, " thus at least nominally indicating that limitations on …
Harry Potter And The Copyright Act: Have The Courts Finally Waved A Magic Wand By Defining Fair Use For Secondary Authors, Meg Reid
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Performance, Property, And The Slashing Of Gender In Fan Fiction, Sonia K. Katyal
Performance, Property, And The Slashing Of Gender In Fan Fiction, Sonia K. Katyal
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
The Story Of Sony V. Universal Studios: Mary Poppins Meets The Boston Strangler., Jessica Litman
The Story Of Sony V. Universal Studios: Mary Poppins Meets The Boston Strangler., Jessica Litman
Book Chapters
Sony v. Universal Studios may be the most famous of all copyright cases. People who know nothing about copyright know that the Sony-Betamax case held that home videotaping of television programs is fair use. Paradoxically, although the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case to decide whether the copyright law permitted consumers to engage in private home copying of television programs, the majority ended up crafting its analysis to avoid answering that question definitively. Instead, it ruled that even if consumers sometimes violated the copyright law when they taped television programs off the air, that violation did not make the …
Copyright Law, The Production Of Creative Works And Cultural Growth In Cyberspace , Alina Ng
Copyright Law, The Production Of Creative Works And Cultural Growth In Cyberspace , Alina Ng
ExpressO
The Internet has affected information flow in copyrighted content in a profound manner. Authors and artists are enabled through the Internet to assert greater control over the flow of information in their works as these new technologies offer new and different distribution channels for content. These new technologies also allow consumers to use content in ways, which had not been anticipated by the copyright industries. This paper presents that copyright law was developed for a specific purpose, which was to encourage learning and growth. As new technologies emerge and as content industries experience changes in information flow in copyrighted works, …
Copyright Law, The Production Of Creative Works And Cultural Growth In Cyberspace , Alina Ng
Copyright Law, The Production Of Creative Works And Cultural Growth In Cyberspace , Alina Ng
ExpressO
The Internet has affected information flow in copyrighted content in a profound manner. Authors and artists are enabled through the Internet to assert greater control over the flow of information in their works as these new technologies offer new and different distribution channels for content. These new technologies also allow consumers to use content in ways, which had not been anticipated by the copyright industries. This paper presents that copyright law was developed for a specific purpose, which was to encourage learning and growth. As new technologies emerge and as content industries experience changes in information flow in copyrighted works, …
A Proposed Quick Fix To The Dmca Overprotection Problem That Even A Content Provider Could Love . . . Or At Least Live With, Devon Thurtle
A Proposed Quick Fix To The Dmca Overprotection Problem That Even A Content Provider Could Love . . . Or At Least Live With, Devon Thurtle
Seattle University Law Review
This article explains the evolution of the fair use doctrine, which historically prevented copyright holders from having too much control over their works by allowing certain legal and non-infringing fair uses of protected works. Part II explains how the United States Supreme Court developed the Betamax standard to apply the doctrine of fair use to a new technology: home video recorders. Part II also addresses how fair use and the Betamax standard might apply to digital technologies. Part III explains how the DMCA effectively abolished the defense of fair use and its application under the Betamax standard. Finally, Part IV …
No Room For Cheers: Schizophrenic Application In The Realm Of Right Of Publicity Protection, Jennifer Y. Choi
No Room For Cheers: Schizophrenic Application In The Realm Of Right Of Publicity Protection, Jennifer Y. Choi
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Anticipating Technology: A Statute Bytes The Dust In Recording Industry Ass'n Of America V. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., Stephanie Skasko Rosenberg
Anticipating Technology: A Statute Bytes The Dust In Recording Industry Ass'n Of America V. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., Stephanie Skasko Rosenberg
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Rethinking The Compatibility Of Moral Rights And Fair Use, Dane S. Ciolino
Rethinking The Compatibility Of Moral Rights And Fair Use, Dane S. Ciolino
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.