J Perez's List: OAA Legal Case (Reply Notorious B.I.G.)

• The article discusses several developments in regards to Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 which deals with fair use and the exclusive rights of copyright owners as of November 2012. Non-infringing fair use behavior reportedly encompasses activities such as news reporting, criticism, and research. Several fair use legal cases are examined, including the U.S. Supreme Court cases Harper & Row v. Nation and Campbell v. Acuff-Rose.

• Ohio Players

• Notorious B.I.G.
  

   

  "Ready to Die"
• "Singing in the Morning"
• Opinion by Judge Rogers
• Plaintiffs, Bridgeport Music, Inc., and   Westbound Records, Inc., owned the copyright to the Ohio Players'   song, “Singing in the Morning.” Defendant music publishers ^FN1   released the Notorious B.I.G. album Ready to Die, the title   song of which contained an unlicensed sample of “Singing in the   Morning.” After plaintiffs brought suit against defendants for copyright   infringement, a jury found in favor of plaintiffs and awarded compensatory   and punitive damages. Bridgeport elected statutory damages under   the federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and received   the maximum award of $150,000. Westbound received its one-half share   of compensatory damages, $366,939, and punitive damages in the amount   of $3.5 million.

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