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Copyright Law—Who Gets the Picture?—Universal City Studios, Inc., v. Sony Corp. of America, 659 F.2d 963 (9th Cir. 1981), cert. granted, 50 U.S.L.W. 3982 (No. 81-1687)

Debra A. Sitzberger
- 01 Jan 1982 - 
- Vol. 57, Iss: 3, pp 599
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Decoding Academic Fair Use: Transformative Use and the Fair Use Doctrine in Scholarship

TL;DR: The authors analyzes reported federal cases on fair use in scholarly contexts, with a particular emphasis on the transformative use doctrine that has become enormously influential in fair use determinations, and explores insights from this body of case law that may assist future scholars wishing to fairly use copyrighted expression in their scholarship.
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A New Look at the Constitution's Copyright Clause: Copyright by Government Contractors Is Unconstitutional.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new interpretation of the Copyright Clause of the Constitution and the Application of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments was presented, and the author concludes that it is unconstitutional for Congress to authorize Federal agencies to permit copyright by Federal contractors on works they were commissioned by Federal contract to produce for compensation, and for the Copyright Office to register a copyright application from such a Federal contractor.