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Fair Use: Yes or No?

Dear Rich IP Blog

From everything I've researched, all the images in the book should come under fair use. Polar interrogatives work well in psychology tests , congressional hearings , and wedding vows , but they're not suitable for analyzing fair use. That said, we think you are likely to prevail in a fair use dispute.

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Let’s Go Hazy: Making Sense of Fair Use After Warhol

Copyright Lately

Five things to know about the Supreme Court’s new purpose-driven fair use opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (“ Warhol “) is that relatively rare fair use case in which both the original and follow-on works were more or less directly competing in the same market. Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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New UFC Copyright Lawsuit Rejects Fair Use Defense For Documentary Makers

TorrentFreak

Whatever happens, the UFC can put any fighter in a videogame 5,000 years from now and still have permission to use their likeness, complete with licensed tattoos. The reasoning behind these perpetual licenses goes beyond the UFC’s desire to grab most of the money. Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story. But not Score G.

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When is it Fair Use to Use a Photo to “Illustrate” an Article?

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

One of the practices that has generated a sizeable number of disputes and rulings is the use of photos to illustrate articles. These three cases address fair use in this context. McGucken moved for summary judgment on the fair use defense. The second factor weighs slightly against fair use.

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GTA Modders to Court: Our Game Fixes & Enhancements Are Fair Use, Not Piracy

TorrentFreak

Affirmative Defense – Fair Use. Right off the bat, the defendants assert that anything they did in connection with their GTA 3 and Vice City projects were actions protected by fair use under the Copyright Act. The doctrine of fair use bars the relief sought by Plaintiff,” the response adds.

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3 Count: Slumlord Millionaire

Plagiarism Today

1: Justices to Consider Whether Warhol Image is “Fair Use” of Photograph of Prince. First off today, Ronald Mann at SCOTUSblog reports that, tomorrow, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is expected to hear arguments in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Though a U.S.

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3 Count: Matrix Arbitration

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Carson McCullough at Courthouse News Service reports that a federal judge has granted summary judgment in favor of Pinterest in their battle with a photographer. 2: Amendment Passes to Grant Teachers Fair Use of Copyrighted Work Remotely. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? motion to do so.

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