Additional resources on fair use and re-use
February 13th, 2009
Some additional resources on the discussions of fair use/re-use from the previous class.
Controversy around the Prop 8 maps site:
http://www.eightmaps.com
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/08/state/n172303S97.DTL
About live performances:
http://groups.ischool.berkeley.edu/samuelsonclinic/files/US_v_Martignon.pdf
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2007/06/martignon-reversed.html
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2006/01/now-thats-kiss.html
http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/121/march08/recentcases/united_states_v_martignon.pdf
Briefs filed by the Samuelson Clinic on behalf of google in the Kelly v. Arriba Soft case (relatively accessible):
http://groups.ischool.berkeley.edu/samuelsonclinic/files/Kelly_Arriba_1.pdf
http://groups.ischool.berkeley.edu/samuelsonclinic/files/Kelly_Arriba_2.pdf
On derivative works:
http://www.chillingeffects.org/derivative/ (the FAQ link at the bottom is useful too, but not completely up to date – remember this is _not_ legal advice but public information)
The battle over whether Shepard Fairey’s images of then-Candidate, now President Obama infringe the copyright of the Associated Press or photographer Mannie Garcia is a live controversy worth considering. In particular, someone asked about a footnote in the Perfect 10 decision about the nature of the photographs – claiming they are less creative then the landscapes in the Kelly v. Arriba case – the complaint below you’ll see also talks about the photographers picture as a “visual reference” and “factual” as opposed to “fictional or highly creative” work.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/biguploads/Fairey_v_AP_complaint_with_exhibits.pdf
For some professorial debates on the legal issues:
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2009/01/a-question-for-ip-folks.html
http://madisonian.net/2009/01/21/fairey-obama-and-fair-use/