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The use of the 'Garfield' character for the purposes of this parody qualifies as fair use under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. sec. 107. See Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music (92-1292), 510 U.S. 569 Comic by XKCD under CC-BY -NC at http://xkcd.com/78/
Copyright, Fair Use and Takedown Culture
for IMT 550 Brian Rowe J.D.
Feb 22nd 2011
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What is Copyright?
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to
their respectiveWritings and Discoveries;
right to exclude others from using
What does copyright cover?
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§ 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright....fair use the factors to be considered shall include — (1) the purpose , including if such use is commercial or is for nonprofit educational; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used (4) effect on market for or value of the copyrighted work. EDITED by Rowe
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