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- Title
GoldieBlox and the Three Beastie Boys: The Emerging Trend of Fair Use Appropriation of Protected Material as a Business Marketing Strategy.
- Authors
Fischer, Caroline Hewitt
- Abstract
The article discusses the development of fair use doctrine in copyright law focusing on the area of parody and commercial use. Topics discussed include analysis of the court case of GoldieBlox v. Beastie Boys on illegal use of tune and lyrics from the Beastie Boys' song "Girls", difficulties in controlling the uploads and distribution on the digital media and theories discussing the benefits and drawbacks of copyright infringement in the field of intellectual property.
- Subjects
FAIR use (Copyright); GOLDIEBLOX Inc.; BEASTIE Boys; DIGITAL media; INTELLECTUAL property; COPYRIGHT infringement; MARKETING; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Tulane Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property, 2014, Vol 17, p255
- ISSN
1533-3531
- Publication type
Article