Hello!

I'm looking for information on court cases (at least five recent
cases) that deal with 'fair use' of the U.S. Copyright act. However,
I'm not interested in music sharing cases/lawsuits.

Thanks.

Greetings Tvr:

Below are five cases dealing with fair use that are not music related.
 Should you wish to examine other examples of fair use cases, please
visit http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ or
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/ - a few listed at
the latter URL are music-related regarding composition or lyrics.


Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko'S Graphics Corporation
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary/cases/c758FSupp1522.html

American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc.
http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/texaco.html

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS v. MICHIGAN DOCUMENT SERVICES, INC. 
http://www.law.emory.edu/6circuit/feb96/96a0046p.06.html

Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Crooks
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/c558FSupp1247.html

MACMILLAN CO. v. KING 
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/c223F862.html


Should you require clarification of any of the links or information I
have provided, please request it before rating and closing this
question and I will be happy to respond.

Best regards,
journalist-ga


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Request for Answer Clarification by tvr-ga on 27 Sep 2003 20:32 PDT

Hello Journalist-ga:

I was hoping to find a court case on 'fair use' that had 'white pages'
(telephone directory) at the heart of it. For some reason I believed
that it was more recent (chronologically) than a couple of ones you've
listed. Would appreciate if you can kindly find this for me.

Thanks.
TVR

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Clarification of Answer by journalist-ga on 30 Sep 2003 11:22 PDT

Is this the case you recall?

FEIST PUBLICATIONS, INC., Petitioner v. RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE
COMPANY, INC.,
http://www.bitlaw.com/source/cases/copyright/feist.html
"The selection, coordination, and arrangement of Rural's white pages
do not satisfy the minimum constitutional standards for copyright
protection. As mentioned at the outset, Rural's white pages are
entirely typical. Persons desiring telephone service in Rural's
service area fill out an application and Rural issues them a telephone
number. In preparing its white pages, Rural simply takes the data
provided by its subscribers and lists it alphabetically by surname.
The end product is a garden-variety white pages directory, devoid of
even the slightest trace of creativity."

Best regards,
journalist-ga


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Great work!! Truly commendable!