February 1: Sony and Harper & Row

The Supreme Court's first analysis of the scope of fair use in copyright came in the 1984 Betamax case, Sony v. Universal City Studios. Sony was followed a year later by Harper & Row.

• Read an excerpt Download excerpt from Jessica Litman, The Story of Sony: Mary Poppins Meets the Boston Strangler, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STORIES (Jane Ginsburg & Rochelle Dreyfuss, eds. 2006)

• Read Sony v. Universal City Studios Download Sony v. Universal City Studios

• Read Harper & Row, Publishers v. Nation Enterprises Download Harper & Row, Publishers v. Nation Enterprises
  • • Optional: Read The Nation's article Download article

• Read Public Law No. 102-492 Download Read Public Law No. 102-492, 106 Stat. 3145 (1992)