New! Conduct, MultiCam Transformation, Washington DC, 2012 (The Cranberries)

Copyright Disclaimer for Cranberries Music Video Edits, Transformations and Library (all non-profit, non-commercial organizations): ALL work shall be considered “Transformative.“ The US Supreme Court states in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994) that copyrighted work is transformative if it uses a source work in completely new or unexpected ways, which is also supported by Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation, Perfect 10, Inc. v. , Inc, Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. and Sega Enterprises, Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc. The modern emphasis of transformativeness in fair use analysis stems from a 1990 article by Judge Pierre N. Leval in the Harvard Law Review, “Toward a Fair Use Standard“, which the Court quoted and cited extensively in its Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994) opinion. In his article, Leval explained the social importance of transformative use of another’s work and what justifies such a taking: [If] the secondary use
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