Statutes
Selections from the Copyright
Act
Memo
Doctrines Relating to Respect and Integrity, Betsy Rosenblatt, Spring 1998
Cases
Sony Corp v. Universal Studios, 464
U.S. 417 (1984)
(copyright fair use and contributory infringement issues, regarding the
use of home video recording systems)
Campbell, aka Skyywalker, et. al. v.
Acuff Rose Music, 114 S.Ct. 1164 (1994)
(copyright fair use, regarding 2 Live Crew's parody of the song "Oh,
Pretty Woman")
Anheuser Busch v. L&L Wings Inc. 962
F.2d 316 (4th Cir. 1994) (Myrtle Beach t-shirt case, re: trademark fair
use)
New Kids on the Block v. News America
Publishing, 971 F.2d 302 (9th Cir. 1992) (nominal use of a trademark,
regarding a newspaper poll about the New Kids on the Block.)
Carter v. Helmsley-Spear, 71 F.3d 77 (2d
Cir. 1995) (the only extant decision that applies the Visual Artists'
Rights Act)
Deere & Co. v. MTD, 41 F.3d 39 (2d
Cir. 1994) (Digital alteration of a trademark, in the context of comparative
advertising)
Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid,
490 U.S. 730 (1989). (work for hire doctrine)
Gilliam v. American Braodcasting Co.,
538 F.2d 14 (2d Cir. 1976) (alternative sources of moral rights)
Polo Ralph Lauren v. Chinatown Gift Shop,
855 F.Supp. 648 (S.D.N.Y. 1994) (internet service providers may be held
liable for the trademark infringements of their users)
Articles
Raphael Winick, Intellectual
Property, Defamation and The Digital Alteration of Visual Images, 21
Colum.-VLA J.L. & Arts 143 (Winter 1997).
(on distortion of images)
Benjamin R. Seecof, Scanning Into
The Future Of Copyrightable Images: Computer-Based Image Processing Poses
A Present Threat, 5 High Tech L.J.
371 (1990). (on distortion of images and its impact on copyright rules)
Arlen W. Langvardt, Protected
Marks and Protected Speech: Establishing the First Amendment Boundaries
in Trademark Parody Cases, 36 Vill L.Rev. 1 (February, 1991)
Thomas F. Cotter, Pragmatism, Economics,
and the Droit Moral, 76 N.C.L.Rev. 1 (1997) (excerpt: overview of
moral rights)
Flore Krigsman, Section 43(a) of
the Lanham Act as a Defender of Artists' "Moral Rights," 73 Trade-Mark
Rep. 251 (May-June 1983) (alternative sources of moral rights protection)
Colleen Creamer Fielkow, Clashing
Rights under United States Copyright Law: Harmonizing an Employer's Economic
Right with the Artist-Employee's Moral Rights in a Work Made For Hire, 7
DePaul-LCA J. Art & Ent. L. 218 (Spring 1997). (moral rights in
works for hire)
News Items beware: news item links change quicikly: these might not work. We will try to keep them up-to-date.
Moral Rights: Suit over use of sculpture in the film Devil's Advocate
AP Release: by Eun-Kyung Kim
Mattel suit against Nissan, over a commercial featuring a doll that resembles
Barbie:
http://barbiedolls.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa111397.htm
http://www.topnews.com/stories/business22113359.html
Mattel suit against the band Aqua, over the band's song entitled "Barbie
Girl:"
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/1132/main2.html
http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists/info/aqua.htm
http://www.mtv.com/mtv/news/gallery/a/aqua970912.html
http://barbiedolls.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa111397.htm