Fair Use for Documentaries in US Copyright Law: Brown v Netflix
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 30, 2021
In 2020 the District Court agreed with the defendants that the use of the song in the documentary was fair use and hence granted the motion to dismiss. 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.
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