Fisher v. Dees
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Fisher v. Dees was a 1986 case of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit whose judgement refined the doctrine of fair use in American copyright law.[1][2]
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Fisher v. Dees | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Full case name | Marvin Fisher d/b/a Marvin Music Companh and Jack Segal, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rick Dees, Atlantic Recording Corporation, Warner Communications, INC., Defendants-Appellees |
Decided | July 10, 1986 |
Defendant(s) | Rick Dees |
Prosecution | Marvin Fisher |
Citation(s) | 794 F.2d 432 |
Case history | |
Prior action(s) | District court grants summary judgement which disposes Fisher and Segals claim of federal claim for copyright infringement and their state-law claims for unfair competition, defamation, and product disparagement. |
Subsequent action(s) | Distinguished in Henley v. Devore |
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Judge(s) sitting | John Clifford Wallace, Joseph Tyree Sneed III, and Alex Kozinski |
Keywords | |
copyright infringement, defamation, disparagement, economic effect, fair use, original work, original, parody, permission, substantiality, unfair competition |
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