Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Heavily Criticized Copyright Infringement Fair Use Dec
District Court Decision In what appeared to be a run of the mill copyright infringement claim brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the unforeseeable occurred, when the District Judge found that the infringing acts actually constituted fair use under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 107. That District Court decision, in Russell Brammer v. Violent Hues Productions, LLC (1) found that all four factors of the fair use test favored the de
