Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
804 F.3d 202 · 2015
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 17 U.S.C. § 101 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 106 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 17 U.S.C. § 107 (§ 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Relies on Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios Inc · Bowsher v. Synar · Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. · Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his factor 'has rarely played a significant role in the determination of a fair use dispute.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“communicate[d] something new and different from the original.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.