Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
1994 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994), was a United States Supreme Court copyright law case that established that a commercial parody can qualify as fair use.[1] This case established that the fact that money is made by a work does not make it impossible for fair use to apply; it is merely one of the components of a fair use analysis.[2]
Quick Facts Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., Argued November 9, 1993 Decided March 7, 1994 ...
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. | |
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Argued November 9, 1993 Decided March 7, 1994 | |
Full case name | Luther R. Campbell a.k.a. Luke Skyywalker, et al., Petitioners v. Acuff-Rose Music, Incorporated |
Citations | 510 U.S. 569 (more) 114 S. Ct. 1164; 127 L. Ed. 2d 500; 1994 U.S. LEXIS 2052 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | 754 F. Supp. 1150 (M.D. Tenn.), appeal dismissed, 929 F.2d 700 (6th Cir. 1991) (table) (text at 1991 WL 43927), rev'd, 972 F.2d 1429 (6th Cir. 1992), cert. granted, 507 U.S. 1003 (1993) |
Subsequent | 25 F.3d 297 (6th Cir. 1994) |
Holding | |
The commercial nature of a parody does not render it a presumptively unfair use of copyrighted material. Rather, a parody's commercial character is only one element that should be weighed in a fair use inquiry. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Souter, joined by unanimous |
Concurrence | Kennedy |
Laws applied | |
Copyright Act of 1976; 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 107 (1988) |
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