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Court Cases

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."

Papers

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.

"[A]rt is long, not infinite... One day we will use it up - unless we
		can learn to recycle it like any other finite resource."
		- Spider Robinson, "Melancholy Elephants"