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United States fair useparody

Campbell v Acuff-Rose Music Inc

510 U.S. 569 (1994)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1994
StatusBinding authority

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

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