Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co.

Holding "it is beyond dispute that compilations of facts are within the subject matter of copyright" even though "copyright protects only the author's original contributions—not the facts or information conveyed"

Arista Records v. Doe 3

Holding that "[t]he Twombly plausibility standard . . . does not prevent a plaintiff from pleading facts alleged upon information and belief where the facts are peculiarly within the possession and control of the defendant, or where the belief is based on factual information that makes the inference of culpability plausible"

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

Holding that if a new work "supersede the use of the original," it is probably not a fair use

Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

Holding identical copying of videotapes under unique circumstances of case “[did] not have its ordinary effect of militating against a finding of fair use”

Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

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”

Stewart v. Abend

Holding that an author "may receive protection only for his original additions," not "elements ... already in the public domain"

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.Com, Inc.

Holding that an online image search index was "highly transformative"

Castle Rock Entertain. v. Carol Publish. Group

Holding that the fourth factor favored the plaintiffs, who produced a television show, because the defendants, who had produced a trivia book about that show, had entered a market that the plaintiffs might wish to enter

Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken

Recognizing that the Copyright Act must be construed in light of its basic purpose "[w]hen technological change has rendered its literal terms ambiguous"

Blanch v. Koons

Holding that a Jeff Koons painting that was created, in part, through scanning the plaintiff's photograph into a computer and incorporating the scanned image into the painting was transformative because the "copyrighted work [was] used as raw material in the furtherance of distinct creative or communicative objectives"

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 23 - Class Actions

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Section 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

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”

Section 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Designating “criticism” and “comment” as fair use

Section 108 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives

Prohibiting systematic reproduction of “the same material”

Section 121 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities