Legal Opinion
Cindy Garcia v. Google, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 2015No. 12-57302PublishedCited by 587 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge MCKEOWN; Concurrence by Judge WATFORD; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
In this case, a heartfelt plea for personal protection is juxtaposed with the limits of copyright law and fundamental principles of free speech. The appeal teaches a simple lesson — a weak copyright claim cannot justify censorship- in the guise of authorship.
By all accounts, Cindy Lee Garcia was bamboozled when a movie producer transformed her five-second acting performance into .part of a blasphemous video proclamation against the Prophet Mohammed.1 The producer — now in jail on…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Marlyn Nutraceuticals, Inc. v. Mucos Pharma GmbH & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Community for Creative Non-Violence v. ReidSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Salinger v. ColtingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- 21 Fair empl.prac.cas. 990, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,594 Ina P. Anderson v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by587 opinions
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- Cammer v. BloomDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1989
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- TD Bank NA v. Vernon Hill, IICourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
- Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
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