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Some big names and examples of copyright infringement (or remix?) in music. 

While it is true that oneof the goals of the Copyright Act is to discourage infringement, it is by no means the only goal of that Act. The Constitution grants to Congress the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." U. S. Const., Art. I, § 8, cl. 8. We have often recognized the monopoly privileges that Congress has authorized, while "intended to motivate the creative activity of authors and inventors by the provision of a special reward," are limited in nature and must ultimately serve the public good. For example, in Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken, 422 U.S. 151, 156 (1975), we discussed the policies underlying the 1909 Copyright Act as follows: "The limited scope of the copyright holder's statutory monopoly . . . reflects a balance of competing claims upon the public interest: Creative work is to be encouraged and rewarded, but private motivation must ultimately serve the cause of promoting broad public availability of literature, music, and the other arts. The immediate effect of our copyright law is to secure a fair return for an `author's' creative labor. But the ultimate aim is, by this incentive, to stimulate artistic creativity for the general public good." (Footnotes omitted.) We reiterated this theme in Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340, 349-350 (1991), where we said: "The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but `[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work." (Citations omitted.) Because copyright law ultimately serves the purpose of enriching the general public through access to creative works, it is peculiarly important that the boundaries of copyrigh

Copyright in the computer game world 

Satire on copyright law: Stop using your brains to remember songs or you could do some hard time. 

Copyright infringement is as bad as being in mafia or peddling narcotics? According to the DOJ, it should be. 

This is a cool interview that basically talks about how to avoid facing a copyright infringement lawsuit!

Remixing fashion--how copyright infringement works (and doesn't work) in the fashion industry. 

"UCLA Professor of Law Neil Netanel discusses the evolution of sampling and the jurisprudence of sampling, and the current state of copyright law in regard to the practice. He also discusses where the line between "fair use" and copyright infringement is currently considered to be, and the risks that artists take on when they choose to sample existing works." Exactly what we talked about in class: uncertainty, dangers, chained creativity (fewer sampling due to the expense of clearing rights, as well as having to hide the samples deep within the track due to fear of lawsuits).

This article explores DJ POGO's journey through disney copyright infringement and then permission through a deal with the company.  It's pretty darn interesting, for serious.

This is a funny little copyright infringement.

Who really enforces copyright infringement? The courts or is it just YouTube? In this case, Apple Loops which should be copyright free are coming up as "third party content." Does YouTube have the right to do this?

I really like this article. It's about a Web Remix art exhibit. The artist isn't sure how long he can keep it running since he knows he's infringing copyrights. But his statement below makes so much sense explaining how web collage is a natural derivation of what's online: ""If you see just one video on YouTube, it doesn't make sense to you," Quaranta explained. But as a collection, a thesis emerges."

This is a useful link to better understand the effects of copyright infringement. 

As YouTube continues to set the trend in how copyrights are investigated these days, it's good to see that it has real human content owners reviewing the content.

If one remix/mashup is ruled to be under fair use could all potentially be fair use as well? ... Has one been ruled fair use? If so, why isn't that case used as landmark/"resource" case for others