16 Cited authorities

  1. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises

    471 U.S. 539 (1985)   Cited 1,214 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that if a new work "supersede the use of the original," it is probably not a fair use
  2. Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

    464 U.S. 417 (1984)   Cited 967 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding identical copying of videotapes under unique circumstances of case “[did] not have its ordinary effect of militating against a finding of fair use”
  3. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

    510 U.S. 569 (1994)   Cited 628 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[i]t was error for the Court of Appeals to conclude that the commercial nature of [a secondary work] rendered it presumptively unfair”
  4. Leadsinger, Inc. v. BMG Music Publishing

    512 F.3d 522 (9th Cir. 2008)   Cited 1,367 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may deny leave to amend where amendment would be futile
  5. Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.Com, Inc.

    487 F.3d 701 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 467 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an online image search index was "highly transformative"
  6. Mattel Inc. v. Walking Mountain Productions

    353 F.3d 792 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 438 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a subpoena requesting “all documents” relating to certain people, products, and procedures imposed an undue burden
  7. Update Art, Inc. v. Modiin Publishing, Ltd.

    843 F.2d 67 (2d Cir. 1988)   Cited 433 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding sanctions under Rule 37 are intended to "ensure that a party will not benefit from its own failure to comply" and "to serve a general deterrent effect on the case at hand and on other litigation, provided that the party against whom they are imposed was in some sense at fault"
  8. Los Angeles News Ser. v. Reuters Television I

    149 F.3d 987 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 196 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the defendants waived their objection to the imposition of statutory penalties on the basis of contributory infringement by not raising the objection in their proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law post-trial; and (b) "calculat[ing] statutory damages on the basis of [contributory] infringement" in this same filing
  9. Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc.

    688 F.3d 1164 (9th Cir. 2012)   Cited 79 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that each wedding photo on a disk is a separate "work" and the set of photos is not a "compilation" because each photo "has an independent economic value"
  10. Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, Inc.

    99 F.3d 1381 (6th Cir. 1996)   Cited 103 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant copy shop's reproduction of excerpts of copyrighted works was a commercial use that placed the burden on the defendant to show that its activities constituted fair use, and that all four statutory factors weighed against a finding that they did
  11. Section 101 - Definitions

    17 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 6,332 times   174 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the United States' adherence to provisions of the Berne Convention of 1886
  12. Section 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

    17 U.S.C. § 106   Cited 3,745 times   107 Legal Analyses
    Granting the owners of copyrights in “literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works” the exclusive right “to display the copyrighted work publicly”
  13. Section 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

    17 U.S.C. § 107   Cited 1,011 times   177 Legal Analyses
    Designating “criticism” and “comment” as fair use