'Coursepack' opinion alarms textbooks publishers; a 6th Circuit decision allowing a copy shop to sell excerpted texts to students is not final
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The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled in University Press v. Michigan Document Services, Inc. that the reproduction of coursepacks was fair use under copyright law, but the circuit also granted the plaintiffs' motion for a rehearing en banc, which automatically vacates the first holding.The courts' decision to ignore the educational photocopy standards in the 1976 Copyright Act's legislative history is puzzling. Publishers fear that if the ruling is upheld, their income from permission fees would shrink to the point that it would be difficult for them to meet costs.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Fair use of copyrighted material in advertisement parodies
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Fair-use criteria have been inconsistently applied to advertisement parodies in the federal circuit courts. A threshold test should be adopted requiring that the parody include commentary on or criticism of the original work. The first and third criteria under section 107 of the Copyright Act, concerning industry custom, the amount copied and the social contribution of the parody should receive more emphasis than the second and fourth criteria, which concern harm caused by the parody.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 1992
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Will fair use function on the Internet?
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Copyright law's fair use doctrine should be liberally applied to Internet uses to enhance pecuniary incentives and thereby encourage creation and publication of copyrighted works. The Internet provides new opportunities for education and access to created works which could weigh too heavily on the scale which is meant to balance access with creation and publication. Some proposals would institute new fair use standards which would upset this historic balance.
Publication Name: Columbia Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0010-1958
Year: 1998
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