Cambridge Univ. Press v. Becker, Civil Action No. 1:08–CV–1425–ODE.
| Court | United States District Courts. 11th Circuit. United States District Courts. 11th Circuit. Northern District of Georgia |
| Citation | 863 F.Supp.2d 1190 |
| Docket Number | Civil Action No. 1:08–CV–1425–ODE. |
| Parties | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS; Oxford University Press, Inc.; Sage Publications, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Mark P. BECKER, in his official capacity as President of Georgia State University; Risa Palm, in her official capacity as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of Georgia State University; J.L. Albert, in his official capacity as Georgia State University Associate Provost for Information Systems and Technology; Nancy Seamans, in her official capacity as Dean of Libraries at Georgia State University; Robert F. Hatcher, in his official capacity as Vice Chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; Kenneth R. Bernard, Jr., Larry R. Ellis, W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr., James R. Jolly, Donald M. Leebern, Jr., William Nesmith, Jr., Doreen Stiles Poitevint, Willis J. Potts, Jr., Wanda Yancey Rodwell, Kessel Stelling, Jr., Benjamin J. Tarbutton, III, Richard L. Tucker, Larry Walker, Rutledge A. Griffin, Jr., C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., and Philip A. Wilheit, Sr., in their official capacities as members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Defendants. |
| Decision Date | 11 May 2012 |
863 F.Supp.2d 1190
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS; Oxford University Press, Inc.; Sage Publications, Inc., Plaintiffs,
v.
Mark P. BECKER, in his official capacity as President of Georgia State University; Risa Palm, in her official capacity as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of Georgia State University; J.L. Albert, in his official capacity as Georgia State University Associate Provost for Information Systems and Technology; Nancy Seamans, in her official capacity as Dean of Libraries at Georgia State University; Robert F. Hatcher, in his official capacity as Vice Chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia; Kenneth R. Bernard, Jr., Larry R. Ellis, W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr., James R. Jolly, Donald M. Leebern, Jr., William Nesmith, Jr., Doreen Stiles Poitevint, Willis J. Potts, Jr., Wanda Yancey Rodwell, Kessel Stelling, Jr., Benjamin J. Tarbutton, III, Richard L. Tucker, Larry Walker, Rutledge A. Griffin, Jr., C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., and Philip A. Wilheit, Sr., in their official capacities as members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Defendants.
Civil Action No. 1:08–CV–1425–ODE.
United States District Court,
N.D. Georgia,
Atlanta Division.
May 11, 2012.
[863 F.Supp.2d 1198]
Edward Bryan Krugman, John H. Rains, IV, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Anthony B. Askew, Stephen M. Schaetzel, McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC, Kristen A. Swift, Courtney Suzanne Werner, King & Spalding, LLP, Mary Josephine Leddy Volkert, State of Georgia Law Department, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, Miller & Martin, Atlanta, GA, Jonathan Bloom, R. Bruce Rich, Randi W. Singer, Todd D. Larson, Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.
Katrina M. Quicker, Richard William Miller, Katrina M. Quicker, Ballard Spahr LLP, Stephen M. Schaetzel, Anthony B. Askew, McKeon Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC, Courtney Suzanne Werner, John Weldon Harbin, Kristen A. Swift, Mary Katherine Bates, Natasha Horne Moffitt, King & Spalding, LLP, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, Miller & Martin, Mary Josephine Leddy Volkert, State Of Georgia Law Department, Matthew P. Warenzak Smith Gambrell & Russell Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.
ORINDA D. EVANS, District Judge.
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¦I. ¦Case History ¦1201 ¦
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¦II. ¦Eleventh Amendment Immunity and the Ex Parte Young Doctrine ¦1205 ¦
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¦III.¦Copyright Infringement and the Fair Use Defense ¦1210 ¦
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¦ ¦A.¦Findings of Fact ¦1211¦
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¦ ¦B.¦Conclusions of Law ¦1221¦
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¦ ¦ ¦1. ¦Prima Facie Case of Copyright Infringement ¦1221 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦2. ¦The Fair Use Defense ¦1223 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Factor 1: Purpose and Character of the Use, including ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦whether such use is of a commercial character or is ¦1224 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦for nonprofit educational purposes ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Factor 2: Nature of the Copyrighted Work ¦1225 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Factor 3: Amount and Substantiality of the Portion ¦1227 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Used in Relation to the Copyrighted Work as a Whole ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦a. ¦Classroom Guidelines ¦1227 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦b. ¦Amount of the Portion Used in Relation to the ¦1229 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦c. ¦Substantiality of the Portion Used in Relation to¦1233 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦the Copyrighted Work as a Whole ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Factor 4: The Effect of the Use on the Potential ¦1235 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Market for or Value of the Copyrighted Work ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Additional Considerations ¦1240 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦a. ¦Limited unpaid copying of excerpts will not deter¦1240 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦academic authors from creating new academic works¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦The slight limitation of permissions income ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦caused by the fair use authorized by this Order ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦b. ¦will not appreciably diminish Plaintiffs' ability¦1240 ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦to publish scholarly works and will promote the ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦spread of knowledge ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Summary of Fair Use Assessment ¦1242¦
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¦IV.¦Individual Infringement Claims ¦1243 ¦
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¦ ¦A.¦Professor Murphy ¦1243¦
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¦ ¦ ¦3. ¦More Grammar Games (Cambridge) ¦1247 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦7. ¦Role Play (Oxford) ¦1252 ¦
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¦ ¦B.¦Professor Kaufmann ¦1253¦
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¦ ¦ ¦Maymester 2009: EPRS 8500 ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦8. ¦The Craft of Inquiry (Oxford) ¦1253 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦9. ¦Handbook of Feminist Research (Sage) ¦1255 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦10. ¦Handbook of Social Theory (Sage) ¦1256 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦11. ¦The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Third) ¦1258 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦12. ¦The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Second) ¦1261 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦13. ¦Handbook of Critical & Indigenous Methodologies (Sage)¦1262 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦14. ¦Qualitative Research Practice (Sage) ¦1264 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦15. ¦Handbook of Narrative Inquiry (Sage) ¦1265 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦Summer 2009: EPRS 8510 ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦16. ¦The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Second) ¦1266 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦17. ¦Inside Interviewing (Sage) ¦1269 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦Fall 2009: EPRS 8500 ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦18. ¦The Craft of Inquiry (Oxford) ¦1270 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦19. ¦Approaches to Qualitative Research (Sage) ¦1271 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦20. ¦Handbook of Feminist Research (Sage) ¦1272 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦21. ¦Handbook of Narrative Inquiry (Sage) ¦1274 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦22. ¦The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Third) ¦1276 ¦
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¦ ¦ ¦23. ¦The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Second) ¦1278 ¦
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