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Campbell v Acuff-Rose Music Inc

510 U.S. 569 (1994)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year1994
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A commercial parody may qualify as fair use under US copyright law; transformativeness diminishes the significance of commerciality in the fair use analysis.

Key Principle

A commercial parody may qualify as fair use; the more transformative the new work, the less significant other factors like commerciality become.

Area of Law

ip

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