Legal Opinion
Annie Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 19, 1998No. Docket 97-7063PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the fair use defense to copyright infringement in the context of an advertisement claimed to be a parody of a copyrighted photograph. Annie Leibovitz appeals from the December 20, 1996, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Loretta A. Preska, Judge), granting summary judgment for defendant-appellee Paramount Pictures Corp. (“Paramount”). Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., 948 F.Supp. 1214 (S.D.N.Y. 1996). Leibovitz argues that she, not the defendant, was entitled to summary judgment, principally on the…
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