Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 30, 2021
In 2017 the documentary titled “Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe” was released on Netflix, Amazon, and Apple. Since the Second Circuit found the use of the song in the film fair and thus there was no direct infringement, the claims for secondary copyright infringement were also dismissed. Dr. Seuss Enters., 3d 497, 512, S.D.N.Y.
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