Commons Myths about Fair Use & Copyright
December 12, 2013 - Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Visual Motion Arts The song you sampled for an intro sequence that you don't have the license for-…
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Four Factors of Fair Use
December 12, 2013 - Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Visual Motion Arts The song you sampled for an intro sequence that you don't have the license for-…
The Key to Fair Use: Transformation
December 12, 2013 - Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Visual Motion Arts The song you sampled for an intro sequence that you don't have the license for-…
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With Google Books, 'Fair Use' Keeps Widening
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google Inc.'s project to digitize the full text of millions of copyright-protected books without permission counted as l…
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Can a loving homage to Disney be a crime? Copyright law says maybe
"That McFarland teen Heather Traska has loved Disney for years sparkles in every frame of her videos, popular mash-ups of "Tangled," "The Li…
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Publicity Rights vs. Public Interest: Fair Use Project Files Brief in Support of Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Hart v. EA
Should individuals hold veto power over depictions of reality? That's the question at the heart of Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc., and we here at the Fair Us…
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Lang v. Morris
Sarah Morris is a well-known multimedia artist and filmmaker. In 2007, she debuted her "Origami" series, 24 paintings in which she reworked, redesigne…
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Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?
"According to Julie Ahrens, a lawyer who specializes in issues of copyright and fair use at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University, a p…
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Analysis: 'Landmark' ruling says commentary not needed for fair use defense
""It's likely a landmark decision on the issue of appropriation art and what you can do with the existing work," said Julie Ahrens, of the St…
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Second Circuit Victory for Richard Prince and Appropriation Art
Today the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision in favor of fair use in Cariou v. Prince. Reversing the district court’s finding of inf…
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Fair Use Project, International Documentary Association, MPAA, and Film Independent Ask Fourth Circuit to Recognize Creators’ Interest in Repurposing Copyrighted Material for Historical Use
Frederick Bouchat has been serially litigating against the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens organization for more than a decade. Bouchat continues to press his clai…
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Will Disney Let You See This Movie?
Randy Moore’s dark drama Escape From Tomorrow premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival and quickly became one of the most buzzed-about oddities in Park…