Wright v. Warner Books, Inc.
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Wright v. Warner Books (1991) was a case in which the widow of the author Richard Wright (1908–1960) claimed that his biographer, the poet and writer Margaret Walker (1915–1998), had infringed copyright by using content from some of Wright's unpublished letters and journals. The court took into account the recent ruling in Salinger v. Random House, Inc. (1987), which had found that a copyright owner had the right to control first publication, but found in favor of Walker after weighing all factors.[1] The case had broad implications by allowing the use of library special collections for academic research.
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Wright v. Warner Books | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | Ellen Wright, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Warner Books, Inc. and Margaret Walker, Also Known as Margaret Walker Alexander, Defendants-appellees |
Argued | 24 May 1991 |
Decided | 21 November 1991 |
Citation(s) | 953 F.2d 731 |
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Judge(s) sitting | VAN GRAAFEILAND, MESKILL and McLAUGHLIN |
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Sparing use of creative expression from unpublished letters and journals may constitute fair use | |
Keywords | |
copyright infringement, unpublished works |
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