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This section is a developing collection of legal scholarship, documentation of famous court cases relating to intellectual property, some simple legal pointers, and references to lawyers and organizations that might be sympathetic and helpful to appropriation artists.

NOTE: The information you find on this site should not be considered expert or professional legal advice. Detritus.net will not be held responsible for decisions you make based on information here. If you are involved in a legal hassle involving intellectual property, we strongly recommend you speak with a lawyer before making any important decisions!

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Grand Upright Music v. Biz Markie: This is our first offering - A landmark case in which rapper Biz Markie was found to be infringing copyright of the song "Alone Again (Naturally)". Origin of the oft quoted quote of the 7th Commandment by District Judge Kevin Duffy, "Thou shalt not steal."

Fair Use As Market Failure, by Wendy J. Gordon: A very important paper that appeared in the Columbia Law Review in 1982, analyzing the Sony Betamax case.

"Here we are in the age of communications, and never have we been more
 alienated, more lonely.  We've become a society of screens, of layers
 that keep us from knowing the truth, as if the truth were unbearable, 
 too much for us to deal with - like our feelings.  So we deal with
 things through replications, through copying, through screens,
 through facsimiles, through fiction and faction."
 		-Lynn Hershman

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