II. Parody and Copyright

Material and case-law to study

USSC decision in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music -
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/92-1292.ZO.html ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_v._Acuff-Rose_Music,_Inc.

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipresearch-parody-report2-150313.pdf


Tasks and questions (12th March):

1) How would you define the parody?

2) Can parody represent an exception from the copyright protection in you jurisdiction?

3) Try to find a case-law in your jurisdictions concerning the issue of parody and the copyright
protection.

4) Where would you find a balance between interests of the copyright holder and the author of the
parodical or satirical work? Can you find an example of the excessive parody (it means the parody
which breaches the copyright law).

5) When you are thinking about the parody from the constitutional-law point of view is parody the
exception form the copyright protection or is the copyright protection an exception from the
freedom of expression?