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ACUFF-ROSE MUSIC, INC. v. CAMPBELL

No. 91-6225.

972 F.2d 1429 (1992)

ACUFF-ROSE MUSIC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Luther R. CAMPBELL, a/k/a Luke Skyywalker; Christopher Wongwon, a/k/a Fresh Kid Ice; Mark Ross, a/k/a Brother Marquis; David Hobbs, a/k/a Mr. Mixx; professionally known as 2 Live Crew; Luke Skyywalker Records, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Andrew Norwood (briefed), Francis J. Del Casino (briefed), R. Eddie Wayland (argued and briefed), Nora T. Cannon (briefed), King & Ballow, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan Mark Turk (argued and briefed), Sanford R. Ross, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before: NELSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges; and JOINER, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 26, 1992.

JOINER, Senior District Judge.

In this copyright case, plaintiff appeals summary judgment granted to defendants. The district court held that defendants' use of a song owned by plaintiff was a parody and therefore constituted a fair use of copyrighted material under section 107 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.

The 2 Live Crew, a rap music group, released for commercial...

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