Clever use

An example of the application of fair use exception in the US case, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc (1994) . In this case, there are a rap music group called 2 Live Crew utilise the composition of William Dees and Roy Orbison named “Oh, Pretty Woman” as a fundamental of their own work titled “Pretty Woman”. 2 Live Crew took the distinctive bass line of prior work and make adaptation of the lyrics and reproduce in their own style. Hence, this turned the song into the popular parody. The District

tangible medium (cans, posters, et. al.), and is owned by the company. To assert infringement Coca-Cola will have to prove that Friend took such substantial portion of the original that it is essentially the same as the original. Friend should assert fair use defense, which has four factors: (1) purpose/character — commercial work or not; (2) nature of the copyrighted work; (3) amount/substantial portion used versus the whole (“heart” of the copyrighted work); and (4) effect on the market/value of the copyrighted

own a private car. In 1970s, some of the US cities started to promote walking and cycling with appropriate amenities (1), but it was not enough to change people’s travel behaviors. Lastly, maybe most importantly, zoning laws do not allow mixed land-use planning which facilitates shorter trips between amenities in most of the US cities. Zoning laws, also requires a minimum number of parking lots per usage, rather than the maximum numbers of limited parking such as most European

fan fiction are in dispute of whether they are derivative works infringing Copyright Law, for these stories are usually transformative of an original copyrighted literary works. Fair use is a common defence against infringement claims, or in Australia fair dealings may similarly constitute defence, though fair use isn’t entirely secure for fan fiction, despite many maintaining its legality due to its non-profit nature. Lucasfilm Ltd have always accepted fan fiction that respects the Star

trigger the film,music,and software industry to provide more content on the internet for a cheaper price, and on different devices. In 2006, Jammie Thomas-Rasset a mother of four violated intellectual property laws by downloading illegal music in her use of the file-sharing program Kazaa. The country's top court upheld without comment the verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset in the long-running, high-profile digital piracy case.Three trials and multiple appeals later, she has been ordered to pay amounts

A&M Records v. Napster is a landmark case in which the application of intellectual property laws has forever impacted contemporary culture with regards to digital works. The legal issues and applicable laws presented in the instant case resulted in a holding, which set forth a precedent that has influence the mode and means of digital works distribution. The outcome of Napster affects both businesses and individuals. Napster, a free online file sharing network, allowed peers to share digital files

1a. It is very important to draw comparison between the internet, library, television and public places as a result of the fact the internet can also be considered or viewed as a public place where information can be obtained freely at any point in time, and this makes it very important to know what the law says about this disseminating information to the general public with respect to the first amendment. Looking at this various medium i.e libraries, television and public places and what the law

Jose Lozano Ms.Kehrmeyer AP English 2 February 2016 What Should The Punishment Be for Music Piracy? Piracy, the government call this a crime, other people would call it a response against mega businesses. Whatever piracy is should not remove the fact that the government has laws against piracy, and many wonder what the appropriate punishment for people who don 't follow these laws should be. I like many others, believe that music piracy should not be punished so severely, but of course, like many

in tracks they produced later. These uses can easily be considered an early form of sampling, a practice that utilizes pieces of a musical recording in another musical work as an instrument. As hip-hop grew in popularity, moving from the early reggae grooves over which emcee’s rapped to sampled songs, controversy over creative ownership also flourished in the music community. It wasn’t until the landmark 1991 Biz Markie copyright infringement case over his use of a Gilbert O’Sullivan sample on I

religious bias. Copyright owners are sending takedown notifications by the millions”. “Lenz brought up a challenge to take down notifications by the support of fair use. This was the first successful, real claim attacking good-faith belief in ten years since the DMCA was enacted”. While U.S. take-down notification receivers can use fair use provision to stand up for themselves, Chinese copyright owners can file take down notifications as long as they have “(1) Name, contact information and address of