“The Star Trek copyright lawsuit I previously wrote about settled last Friday. This was not a surprise. Defendant Axanar’s best bet was arguing that its fan film made fair use of the Star Trek works. The court, however, foreclosed that defense a few weeks ago. This post addresses a few points (out of many) from the opinion ruling against Axanar’s assertion of fair use. I’m not certain that the judge got the multi-factor analysis incorrect, but I do worry about how some aspects of the opinion will be applied in the future …” (more)
[Mike Schuster, Business Law Prof Blog, 27 January]
First posted 2017-01-28 08:00:10
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