Description
This comprehensive treatise on fair use doctrine in copyright is authored by leading expert William Patry, who has 28 years of experience with fair use. His earlier work on fair use was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises. This book provides in-depth coverage of the four fair use factors, common law historical roots and the statutory provision, fair use (or fair dealing) in selected foreign countries, burden of proof and standards of review, comparison with the de minimis doctrine, transformative and productive uses, parody and satire, political uses, online uses, and photocopying.
Features
- Contains in-depth analysis of fair use case law
- Derived from chapter 10 of Patry on Copyright with new original material added
- Includes some coverage of fair use (fair dealing) in other countries
- Offers a compact paperbound book format
- Organized into chapters based on the four major fair use factors
- Provides in-depth discussion of the historical development of fair use law
- Written by a renowned expert on copyright law who has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court