What are some Landmark Fair Use Court Cases?
The following are some of the most important recent court cases that have helped define fair use. The links here are to case law and judicial opinions assembled by the Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Web site. The source of the summary notes here is the highly recommended Timeline: A History of Copyright in the U.S., produced by the Association of Research Libraries. • PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS v. MICHIGAN DOCUMENT SERVICES, INC. 1996 “In February 1996, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an off-campus, for-profit photocopy shop may, as a matter of fair use, make coursepacks that include substantial portions of copyright protected books and sell them to students. On April 9, 1996 the judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to rehear this case en banc. The effect of that vote is to vacate the previous decision from the Sixth Circuit, leaving in force a previous injunction issued by the District Court. The case was reheard June 12, 1996. In May 1996, an a
