Legal Opinion
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. v. Passport Video
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2003No. 07-50364PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge TALLMAN; Dissent by Judge NOONAN
OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
The King is dead. His legacy, and those who wish to profit from it, remain very much alive. To what extent may a film maker, under the banner of “fair use,” incorporate video clips, photographs, and music into a biography about Elvis Presley without permission from the copyright owners of those materials? The district court — weighing the four statutory fair use factors under 17 U.S.C. § 107 — held that the film biographer in this case likely did not use the copyrighted materials fairly and enjoined the film maker…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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