- Collection:
- Journal of Intellectual Property Law
- Title:
- An Intentionalist Proposal to Reform the Transformative Use Doctrine
- Creator:
- Chen, Madelyn
- Date of Original:
- 2022-12
- Subject:
- Intellectual property lawyers
Intellectual property
University of Georgia. School of Law
Law--Study and teaching - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Courts have not reached consensus on how to apply the transformative use standard, which is a major factor in copyright law’s fair use analysis. Many courts implicitly rely on aesthetic theories for interpreting art when judging transformative use, but inconsistent application of these theories creates confusion about what constitutes transformative use. This Article analyzes the aesthetic theories, such as intentionalism and reader response theory, used by courts in landmark transformative use cases. The Article explores issues of unpredictability and subjectivity caused by the use of contradictory aesthetic theories. Ultimately, the Article proposes that courts adopt a moderate intentionalist framework for the transformative use analysis to standardize the inquiry and increase its objectivity.
Fair use -- transformative use -- copyright -- copyright law -- infringement -- transformative -- aesthetic theory -- internationalism -- reader response -- art -- artwork -- interpretation - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/jipl/vol30/iss1/3
- Holding Institution:
- Alexander Campbell King Law Library
- Rights:
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