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80 B.U. L. Rev. 579 (2000)
Form over Function: Expanding the Transformative Use Test for Fair Use

handle is hein.journals/bulr80 and id is 595 raw text is: NOTES FORM OVER FUNCTION: EXPANDING THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE TEST FOR FAIR USE JEREMY KUDON INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 580 I. COPYRIGHT LAW AND THE FAIR USE DEFENSE .................................... 584 A. Copyright Law: A Balance of Motivation and Exploitation ........ 584 B . The Fair Use D octrine ................................................................. 587 II. THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE TEST ........................................................ 589 A. The Compass Arrives: Toward a Fair Use Standard .................. 589 B. Questioning Leval's Transformative Use Test .............. 590 1. The Difference Between Productive Use and Transform ative U se ................................................................ 590 2. Distinguishing a Transformative from a Derivative Work ..... 592 C. The Supreme Court Endorses the Transformative Use Test ......... 593 D. How Campbell Addresses Questions Previously Raised .............. 595 1. Differentiating Transformative Use from Productive Use ..... 595 2. Distinguishing a Derivative from a Transformative Work ..... 595 III. THE APPLICATION OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE TEST AFTER C AM PBELL ............................................................................................. 597 A. Campbell's Aftermath: A Caste System for Fair Use .................. 597 B. Case Studies of the Transformative Use Test ............................... 599 1. Ringgold v. Black Entertainment Television, Inc ................... 599 2. Infinity Broadcast Corp. v. Kirkwood .................................... 600 3. Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. v. Carol Publishing G roup, Inc .............................................................................. 602 C. A Review of Transformative Use in the Courtroom ..................... 605 IV. IMPROVING THE TRANSFORMATIVE USE TEST: ADDING FUNCTION TO FO RM ............................................................................................... 606 A. Nimmer's Definition and Application of Functional Analysis ...... 606 B. Applying a New Transformative Use Analysis ............................. 608 C. Derivative Works Under the Revised Transformative Use Test ...608 D. The Functional Use Test and Reproduction ................................. 609 C O N CLU SIO N .................................................................................................... 6 11

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