In Michael Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation LLC and Underground Printing-Wisconsin, LLC, 766 F.3d 756 (7th Cir. 2014) (available here), Defendant Sconnie Nation made some t-shirts and tank tops displaying the image of Paul Soglin’s face, the Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and the phrase … [Read more...] about Altered Mayor’s Photo on T-shirts was Transformative Fair Use and Not Infringement of Copyrighted Photo
Use of Photograph, Transformed by Artist into Paintings and Collages, is Copyright Fair Use
In Cariou v. Prince et al., 714 F.3d 694 (2nd Cir. 2013) (Available Here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the Copyright Act does not require that the secondary or derivative use of an original work relate back, in a historical sense, to the original … [Read more...] about Use of Photograph, Transformed by Artist into Paintings and Collages, is Copyright Fair Use
Transformative Work Need Not Include Commentary To Be Classified As Transformative Under Copyright Act’s Fair Use Provisions
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York (2nd Circuit) reversed a lower court ruling which applied the wrong standard for determining whether a work was transformative under the Copyright Act’s fair use statute, 17 U.S.C. § 107. Cariou v. Prince, Case No. 11-1197-cv (2d … [Read more...] about Transformative Work Need Not Include Commentary To Be Classified As Transformative Under Copyright Act’s Fair Use Provisions
Quote The Ravens, “Fair Use”
The U.S. District Court in Maryland held that the NFL and Baltimore Ravens’ use of the Ravens’ original team logo was fair use under the Copyright Act, but declined to extend the fair use protection to the Madden NFL videogame’s use of the logo. Bouchat v. NFL Properties, LLC, … [Read more...] about Quote The Ravens, “Fair Use”
