October 19, 1976 – President Gerald Ford Signs the “New” Copyright Act…and Much More
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OCTOBER 19, 2023
The 1976 Act brought in many aspects of copyright with which we are now familiar, including codifying fair use in Section 107 (it previously had been applied on a common law basis). Harper & Row brought suit and The Nation argued that publishing the excerpts was a fair use.
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