The Oyez Project: Economic Activity Issues - Copyright Decisions

Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Mar 1994 12:00:00 -0500

May 2 Live Crew's commercial parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" be a fair use within the meaning of the Copyright Act of 1976?

Eldred v. Ashcroft - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act's extension of existing copyrights exceed Congress's power under the Copyright Clause? Does the CTEA's extension of existing and future copyrights violate the First Amendment?

Feist Publications v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 27 Mar 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does the copyright in a telephone company's directory protect the names, towns, and telephone numbers copied by another telephone directory company?

MGM Studios v. Grokster - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Were companies that distributed file-sharing software, and encouraged and profited from direct copyright infringement using such software, liable for the infringement?

New York Times v. Tasini - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do print and electronic publishers violate the copyrights of freelance authors when they include the freelancers' already-published articles in computer databases without the author's permission?

Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 17 Jan 1984 12:00:00 -0500

Does Sony's sale of "Betamax" video tape recorders to the general public constitute contributory infringement of copyrighted public broadcasts under the Copyright Act?

Stewart v. Abend - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 1990 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

TrafFix Devices Inc. v. Marketing Displays Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is Marketing Displays, Inc.'s trade dress infringement claim precluded because its dual-spring design is a functional feature for which there is no trade dress protection?