QUESTION
How would you defend this scenario?
Asked on May 14th, 2013 on Intellectual Property - New York
More details to this question:
1. Jimmy is a `huge' fan of Harry Potter. He has all the books and all the movies. He decides to: 1) Give his copy of the first book to his friend Yolanda; 2) To make a copy of the second movie and upload it onto Youtube; 3) Create his own fee-based membership fansite that is a "Harry Potter Primer" telling people all about the franchise; and 4) In art class, Jimmy paints the Harry Potter character in an abstract style [similar to to a Picasso painting], which he posts onto his Facebook page. Jimmy is sued by all those that hold copyrights on Harry Potter. What will happen to Jimmy on the four "uses"? Go through each one of the `uses' and describe the plaintiff's arguments and any possible defense available to Jimmy.
1 ANSWER
The first issue to spot is that those who cheat on law school exams almost invariably get caught.
The second is that attorneys invariably spot would-be cheaters and tell them to do their own work.
Answered on May 15th, 2013 at 3:30 PM